Weather Records on 4 November 1972

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1972. Highest significance: Gregory Downs Outstation, AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1972

On 4 November 1972, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 597 daily.
Gregory Downs Outstation set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 4 November 1972.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 4 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shingle Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taboas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keg River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1972

Top 20 records on 4 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1972	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Goedemoed, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Placerville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Plant City, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Sackville, CA	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Brockville, CA	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Los Banos Arburua Rch, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Shingle Springs, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Electra P H, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1972	Carson City, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1972	Taboas, BR	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1972	Keda, GE	daily rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1972	Vytegra, RU	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1972	Tot-Ma, RU	daily low max	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	58 years	33 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1972. 1972 had 613 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	472
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1