Weather Records on 4 November 1940

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1940. Highest significance: Jena Sternwarte, DE.

Key Facts for 4 November 1940

On 4 November 1940, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 323 daily.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record precipitation of 36.9 mm (1.5 in) on 4 November 1940.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

335 stations

335 station records on 4 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

270 broken records

Margins by which the 270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1940

Top 20 records on 4 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1940	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1940	Axel, NL	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Artern, DE	monthly rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Nossen, DE	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	La Grange, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Villupuram, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1940	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Wien, AT	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Ter Apel, NL	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	monthly rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1940	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	0 years	28 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

1803 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1940. 1940 had 335 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 25	253
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1