Weather Records on 4 October 1928

131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1928. Highest significance: Ben Lomond, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1928

On 4 October 1928, 131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 128 daily.
Ben Lomond set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 4 October 1928.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

131 stations

131 station records on 4 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ben Lomond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Neuarpur Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

131 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1928

Top 20 records on 4 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1928	Ben Lomond, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1928	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Ashland, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Bird Island, US	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Mena, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Coldwater, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Redlands, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1928	Beloit, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	16 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 131 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 5	75
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	3