Weather Records on 4 November 1962

435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1962. Highest significance: Bucuresti Filaret, RO.

Key Facts for 4 November 1962

On 4 November 1962, 435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 428 daily.
Bucuresti Filaret set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.4 mm (3.1 in) on 4 November 1962.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

435 stations

435 station records on 4 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waghai	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vagra	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borlam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chintakunta	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

435 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 4 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 4 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1962

Top 20 records on 4 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1962	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	monthly rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1962	Dholera, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1962	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Waghai, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Avon, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	State College, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Vagra, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Godhra, IN	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Norwich, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Borlam, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Gondal, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Bhusaval Sr, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Chintakunta, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Nandgaon, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1962	Le Roy, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	41 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1962. 1962 had 435 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 20	249
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1