Weather Records on 4 May 1979

1,529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1979. Highest significance: Arkadelphia 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1979

On 4 May 1979, 1,529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 476 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 1,446 daily.
Arkadelphia 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 127.5 mm (5.0 in) on 4 May 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

1,529 stations

1,529 station records on 4 May 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Niekerkshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burleson 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirarema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gurdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Water Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,529 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 296, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 180, Heaviest daily rainfall 755, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 4 May 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	296
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	180
Heaviest daily rainfall	755
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 4 May 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 80, daily 1,446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,342 broken records

Margins by which the 1,342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1979

Top 20 records on 4 May 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1979	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1979	Minden, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1979	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1979	Monterey, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Lebanon, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Forrest City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Malvern, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Cobbora (Ellismayne), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Des Arc, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Rainbow, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Galia, BR	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Tejupa, BR	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Amity, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1979	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	52 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 1,529 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 1979-05-04: 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	1,102
20 to 40	153
40 to 60	52
60 to 80	25
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	1