Weather Records on 4 August 2002

928 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 2002. Highest significance: Carroll, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 2002

On 4 August 2002, 928 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 889 daily.
Carroll set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 4 August 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

928 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yingkou	China	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Offenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Del Bonita	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yanchi	China	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

928 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 275.

Records on 4 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 2002

Top 20 records on 4 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 2002	Carroll, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2002	Stevensville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2002	Brjansk, RU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2002	Yingkou, CN	daily rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Goorambat, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Buffalo 2NE, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Petten, NL	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Las Bayas, MX	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	St Croix Falls, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Clarion, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2002	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	44 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

1815 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2002. 2002 had 928 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 2002-08-04: 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 20	587
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1