Weather Records on 4 May 1964

570 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1964. Highest significance: Frazer, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1964

On 4 May 1964, 570 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 543 daily.
Frazer set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 4 May 1964.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

570 stations

570 station records on 4 May 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frazer	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Recanto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

570 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 May 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 May 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1964

Top 20 records on 4 May 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1964	Frazer, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Gunbower, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Eagles Nest, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Back Plains, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Balgownie West, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Pratten, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Recanto, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Hetch Hetchy, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1964	Ft Benton, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	42 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1964. 1964 had 570 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 1964-05-04: 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 20	435
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1