Weather Records on 4 October 1950

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1950. Highest significance: Kunwarara Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1950

On 4 October 1950, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 557 daily.
Kunwarara Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 4 October 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 4 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunwarara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacks Creek 2 Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1950

Top 20 records on 4 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1950	Kunwarara Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Sable Island, CA	all-time rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Milagres, BR	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	St John's, CA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1950	Burindi, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1950	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1950	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1950	Karur, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	34 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 565 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 20	433
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2