Weather Records on 4 November 1955

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1955. Highest significance: Coen Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1955

On 4 November 1955, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 342 daily.
Coen Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 4 November 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 4 November 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 4 November 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 4 November 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1955

Top 20 records on 4 November 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1955	Coen Post Office, AU	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Skagit Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Parur, IN	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1955	Storrs, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Trout Creek 2 W, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Republic, US	monthly high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1955	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	31 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1955. 1955 had 354 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	242
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1