Weather Records on 4 October 1944

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1944. Highest significance: Jagnathpur, IN.

Key Facts for 4 October 1944

On 4 October 1944, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 323 daily.
Jagnathpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 169.4 mm (6.7 in) on 4 October 1944.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 4 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargil	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1944

Top 20 records on 4 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1944	Jagnathpur, IN	monthly rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Jalugudi, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Albany, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Gohpur, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Sabinal, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Karanjia, IN	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Fredonia, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1944	Osage City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Oakdale, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Kurdege, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	0.9 C (33.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1944	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	32 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

1795 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 328 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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Data for records on 1944-10-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	239
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1