Weather Records on 4 May 2005

1,152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2005. Highest significance: Grass Patch, AU.

Key Facts for 4 May 2005

On 4 May 2005, 1,152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 563 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,074 daily.
Grass Patch set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 4 May 2005.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,152 stations

1,152 station records on 4 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elista	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Tenango II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,152 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 221, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 342, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	221
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	342
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 77, daily 1,074.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

878 broken records

Margins by which the 878 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 2005

Top 20 records on 4 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2005	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2005	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2005	Thomas River, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Bushnell 1 E, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Elista, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Myrup, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Lorinna, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Scaddan West, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Shamba, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	San Jose Tenango II, MX	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Katta Barega, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Gospic, HR	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	124 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Angola, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Dalyup Park, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2005	Lort River, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	45 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 1,152 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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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	876
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1