Weather Records on 4 February 2005

1,610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 2005. Highest significance: Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 2005

On 4 February 2005, 1,610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
644 were record highs and 433 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 97 monthly and 1,507 daily.
Benalla (Shadforth Street) set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 4 February 2005.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,610 stations

1,610 station records on 4 February 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lima South (Lake Nillahcootie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Las Barracas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Tuito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Terip Terip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grove (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,610 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 447, Lowest daily maximum 300, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 510, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 4 February 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	447
Lowest daily maximum	300
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	510
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 4 February 2005 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 97, daily 1,507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,384 broken records

Margins by which the 1,384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 2005

Top 20 records on 4 February 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 2005	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 February 2005	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Carboor, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Whitfield, AU	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Dover, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Mooroopna, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Avenel (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2005	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2005	Drik Drik, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2005	Stonehouse, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2005	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2005	Rochester, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	57 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,610 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 50	1,361
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2