Weather Records on 4 November 1939

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1939. Highest significance: Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 November 1939

On 4 November 1939, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 271 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 740 daily.
Klerkskraal (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 4 November 1939.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 4 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osbornes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Garrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 453, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	453
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1939

Top 20 records on 4 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1939	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1939	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Middle Creek (Leneva), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Milan, IT	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Deniliquin Norwood, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Big Springs, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1939	Osbornes Flat, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 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

1803 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1939. 1939 had 752 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 10	500
10 to 20	106
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2