Weather Records on 4 November 1949

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1949. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1949

On 4 November 1949, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 545 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 4 November 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 4 November 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 27.

Records on 4 November 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 November 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1949

Top 20 records on 4 November 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1949	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1949	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Bonang, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Buchan, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Genoa, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Marlo, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Paynesville, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Sarsfield, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1949	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1949. 1949 had 598 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	436
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1