Weather Records on 4 October 1942

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1942. Highest significance: Mather 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 1942

On 4 October 1942, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 189 daily.
Mather 3 NW set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 4 October 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 4 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 4 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1942

Top 20 records on 4 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1942	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Pearsall, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	White River, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Winona, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Marble Falls, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Merrill, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1942	Munising, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	monthly high max	37.4 C (99.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Roldal, NO	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	White Cliffs, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Plum Island, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1942	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.4 C (101.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	52 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 198 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	138
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1