Weather Records on 4 October 1921

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1921. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 4 October 1921

On 4 October 1921, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 40 daily.
Oxford set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 27.2 C (81.0 F) on 4 October 1921.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 4 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 13.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1921

Top 20 records on 4 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1921	Oxford, GB	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Cet Central England, GB	monthly high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Fort National, DZ	monthly high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	9 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Nossen, DE	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1921	Karesuando, SE	daily low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 46 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	18
2 to 4	11
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	0
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	3
12 to 14	2