Weather Records on 4 November 1928

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1928. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 4 November 1928

On 4 November 1928, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 216 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 4 November 1928.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

220 stations

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

Weather records on 4 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 4 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 4 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1928

Top 20 records on 4 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1928	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1928	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Armagh, GB	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Magdeburg, DE	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1928	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Raton, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Le Mars, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Rockwell City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1928	Schwerin, DE	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	6 years	22 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

1803 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1928. 1928 had 220 records.

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

Records on 11-04 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1820	1
1821	2
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	6
1862	3
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	12
1900	1
1901	6
1902	8
1903	21
1904	7
1905	9
1906	14
1907	34
1908	13
1909	14
1910	43
1911	25
1912	32
1913	19
1914	28
1915	12
1916	76
1917	39
1918	14
1919	72
1920	70
1921	71
1922	119
1923	89
1924	99
1925	197
1926	182
1927	287
1928	220
1929	175
1930	157
1931	248
1932	413
1933	337
1934	516
1935	1,219
1936	1,005
1937	326
1938	725
1939	752
1940	335
1941	315
1942	343
1943	248
1944	333
1945	506
1946	784
1947	583
1948	746
1949	598
1950	667
1951	2,037
1952	376
1953	219
1954	592
1955	354
1956	855
1957	401
1958	286
1959	757
1960	262
1961	669
1962	435
1963	244
1964	510
1965	537
1966	1,041
1967	599
1968	391
1969	516
1970	512
1971	434
1972	613
1973	1,393
1974	686
1975	1,654
1976	596
1977	981
1978	1,158
1979	559
1980	973
1981	645
1982	1,073
1983	1,116
1984	441
1985	844
1986	546
1987	1,049
1988	1,211
1989	663
1990	1,233
1991	4,265
1992	1,241
1993	735
1994	1,808
1995	991
1996	1,242
1997	611
1998	704
1999	796
2000	781
2001	639
2002	1,314
2003	2,177
2004	895
2005	1,212
2006	1,321
2007	747
2008	1,093
2009	511
2010	1,197
2011	1,000
2012	814
2013	541
2014	508
2015	1,249
2016	759
2017	932
2018	355
2019	449
2020	1,448
2021	545
2022	904
2023	667
2024	981
2025	615

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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 100	190
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1