Weather Records on 4 December 1936

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1936. Highest significance: Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 December 1936

On 4 December 1936, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 602 daily.
Heidelberg Cape (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 4 December 1936.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

637 stations

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

Weather records on 4 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Derapur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 495, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	495
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1936

Top 20 records on 4 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1936	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1936	Dayanathpur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Derapur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Kalpi, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Jalaun, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Touws River, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Uman, UA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Ghaziabad, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Rajakhera, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Melrose, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Sarila, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1936	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	35 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

1796 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 637 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	544
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1