Weather Records on 4 February 2002

1,232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 2002. Highest significance: Orange (McLaughlin St), AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 2002

On 4 February 2002, 1,232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
762 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,204 daily.
Orange (McLaughlin St) set a daily record precipitation of 49.2 mm (1.9 in) on 4 February 2002.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

1,232 stations

1,232 station records on 4 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Parliament House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bavispe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goolma (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez (C	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yecorato (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eumungerie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mumbil (Burrendong Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donnellson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agzu	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,232 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 435, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 327, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 4 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	435
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	327
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 4 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 1,204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,064 broken records

Margins by which the 1,064 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 2002

Top 20 records on 4 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 2002	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2002	Nabawa, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Manly Vale (Manly Dam), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Newport Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Covert, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Trangie Research Station AWS, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Canberra Parliament House, AU	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Kursk, RU	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Bavispe (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Gurabo Substn, PR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Goolma (Brooklyn), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Meacham, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2002	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	114 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,232 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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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 25	1,029
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1