Weather Records on 4 November 1964

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1964. Highest significance: Wellington, US.

Key Facts for 4 November 1964

On 4 November 1964, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 500 daily.
Wellington set a daily record precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 4 November 1964.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 4 November 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwerus (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mooredale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dombietersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harderug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 November 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 November 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1964

Top 20 records on 4 November 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1964	Wellington, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1964	Thornlea, ZA	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Excelsior (Mun), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Augusta, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Kingman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Cochrane, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Lokenburg, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Middelpos (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Doornfontein, ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Clifton 10 E, US	monthly rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Cuitzeo, MX	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Seguin, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Rooiwal, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1964	Enid, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	42 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1964. 1964 had 510 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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Data for records on 1964-11-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	392
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1