Weather Records on 4 August 2014

980 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 2014. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 August 2014

On 4 August 2014, 980 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
446 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 907 daily.
Magdeburg set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 4 August 2014.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

980 stations

980 station records on 4 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	293.6 mm (11.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meiningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Verkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skedsmo-Hellerud	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ward Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoille #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Death Valley Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pattonsburg 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

980 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 144, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 303.

Records on 4 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	144
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 56, daily 907.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 2014

Top 20 records on 4 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 2014	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 August 2014	Balasore, IN	daily rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 August 2014	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2014	Parker, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2014	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2014	Anadyr, RU	daily high min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	112 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2014	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Dyer 5S, US	monthly low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Kochi, JP	daily rain	293.6 mm (11.6 in)	234.6 mm (9.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Meiningen, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	La Verkin, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Skedsmo-Hellerud, NO	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Tonopah, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Ely AP, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Carson City, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Big Creek Sum, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2014	Iron Mtn, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	62 years	48 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

1815 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2014. 2014 had 980 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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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	798
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1