Weather Records on 4 October 1930

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1930. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1930

On 4 October 1930, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 215 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a monthly record daily precipitation of 155.4 mm (6.1 in) on 4 October 1930.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 4 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.9 mm (10.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 197.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1930

Top 20 records on 4 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1930	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1930	Ganca, AZ	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1930	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1930	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Lucinda Township, AU	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Ingham Post Office, AU	monthly rain	260.9 mm (10.3 in)	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Fairview Outstation, AU	monthly rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	monthly rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Clarke River Telecom, AU	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Hughenden Post Office, AU	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Woodstock Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Gavar, AM	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Reid River Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Yerevan, AM	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1930	Cameron Downs, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	52 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 244 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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Data for records on 1930-10-04: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	175
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2