Weather Records on 4 May 2001

1,345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2001. Highest significance: Salida, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 2001

On 4 May 2001, 1,345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
655 were record highs and 296 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,291 daily.
Salida set a monthly record daily snowfall of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 4 May 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,345 stations

1,345 station records on 4 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Whittier	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reydon 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,345 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 365, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 4 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	365
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 4 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 53, daily 1,291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,133 broken records

Margins by which the 1,133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 2001

Top 20 records on 4 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2001	Salida, US	monthly snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Salida, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Whittier, US	monthly snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Hammon 3 SSW, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Densmore 2N, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Augusta, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Olton, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2001	Whitewater Wwtp, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Mc Lean, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Donaueschingen, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Aledo, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Reydon 2SSE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2001	Silverton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	54 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 1,345 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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Data for records on 2001-05-04: 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 100	1,112
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1