Weather Records on 4 October 1932

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1932. Highest significance: Shirala, IN.

Key Facts for 4 October 1932

On 4 October 1932, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 397 daily.
Shirala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.1 mm (4.6 in) on 4 October 1932.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 4 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1932

Top 20 records on 4 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1932	Shirala, IN	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Tuscumbia, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Alexandria, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Agassiz Cda, CA	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1932	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Vashon Island, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Kallakurichi, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Florence, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Madison, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Raton, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Huntington, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Booneville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Ft Wayne City, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1932	Bella Coola, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	27 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 413 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 10	293
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3