Weather Records on 4 November 1947

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1947. Highest significance: Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1947

On 4 November 1947, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 565 daily.
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range) set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 4 November 1947.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 4 November 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buhl	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 19.

Records on 4 November 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 November 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1947

Top 20 records on 4 November 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1947	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Alkmaar, ZA	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Dromana, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Shoreham, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	W Chester 2 NW, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Buhl, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Cowes, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Kamsack, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1947	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	37 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1947. 1947 had 583 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	472
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1