Weather Records on 4 October 1936

161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1936. Highest significance: Cuttack, IN.

Key Facts for 4 October 1936

On 4 October 1936, 161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 155 daily.
Cuttack set a monthly record daily precipitation of 236.7 mm (9.3 in) on 4 October 1936.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

161 stations

161 station records on 4 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

161 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 4 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

133 broken records

Margins by which the 133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1936

Top 20 records on 4 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1936	Cuttack, IN	monthly rain	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1936	Minocqua, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Mulki, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Pakri, EE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Pal-Lahara, IN	all-time rain	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Rajathgarh, IN	monthly rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Athmalik, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Novorossijsk, RU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Mangalore, IN	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1936	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Gargoti, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Puri, IN	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	7.4 C (45.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1936	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	24 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 161 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 20	116
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1