Weather Records on 4 February 2001

1,323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 2001. Highest significance: Hoorn, NL.

Key Facts for 4 February 2001

On 4 February 2001, 1,323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 466 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 87 monthly and 1,227 daily.
Hoorn set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 4 February 2001.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

1,323 stations

1,323 station records on 4 February 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lijnden (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Overveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medemblik	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvaardersdiep	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roelofarendsveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vaassen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pavlograd	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogkarspel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abcoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.6 C (-51.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.6 C (-53.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.6 C (-42.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.6 C (-44.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ethridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shangzhi	China	Record low minimum temperature	-44.1 C (-47.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.3 C (-53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.5 C (-60.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.3 C (-29.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.6 C (-60.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,323 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 300, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 485, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 94.

Records on 4 February 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	300
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	485
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	94

Records on 4 February 2001 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 87, daily 1,227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,129 broken records

Margins by which the 1,129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 2001

Top 20 records on 4 February 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 2001	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2001	Heemstede, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2001	Canberra Forestry, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2001	Zandvoort, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Lijnden (Nh), NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Azueta, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Lisse, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Almelo, NL	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Nagele, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Leiden, NL	monthly rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Overveen, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Medemblik, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Castricum, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Hamersveld, NL	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Oldebroek, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Angel R. Cabada, MX	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2001	Oostvaardersdiep, NL	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 1,323 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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Data for records on 2001-02-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,104
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1