Weather Records on 4 May 2012

1,343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2012. Highest significance: City of Melbourne Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 4 May 2012

On 4 May 2012, 1,343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
957 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,318 daily.
City of Melbourne Bay set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.6 mm (3.8 in) on 4 May 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,343 stations

1,343 station records on 4 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yarra Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud (Country Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koonwarra (Leongatha South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,343 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 410, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 547, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	410
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	547
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 1,318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,006 broken records

Margins by which the 1,006 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 2012

Top 20 records on 4 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2012	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	monthly rain	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Miyako, JP	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	110 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Yarra Creek, AU	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2012	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Yamagata, JP	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Rosebud (Country Club), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Fish Creek, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Washington, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Shoreham, AU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Muroran, JP	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Buffalo, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Hat Creek, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2012	Columbus-Valley Crossing, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2012. 2012 had 1,343 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 2012-05-04: 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 50	1,000
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1