Weather Records on 4 November 1942

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1942. Highest significance: Den Helder-1, NL.

Key Facts for 4 November 1942

On 4 November 1942, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 336 daily.
Den Helder-1 set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 4 November 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

343 stations

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

Weather records on 4 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1942

Top 20 records on 4 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1942	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1942	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Sairang, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Mayaguez City, PR	monthly rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Bhanga, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1942	Border 3 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Curaca, BR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Wokha, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Raymondville, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1942	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1942. 1942 had 343 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 20	240
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1