Weather Records on 4 October 1977

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1977. Highest significance: Novosibirsk, RU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1977

On 4 October 1977, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 505 daily.
Novosibirsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 4 October 1977.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 4 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ysleta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stomne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalmsater	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lekeberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uplo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simlangsdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borgviksbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Varpnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Havrestrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Torntorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sikaskalen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jungapeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1977

Top 20 records on 4 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1977	Novosibirsk, RU	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1977	Jabalpur, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Godegard, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Ysleta, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Traneberg, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Stomne, SE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Lidkoping, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Pacatuba, BR	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Orebro, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Skovde, SE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Hjalmsater, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1977	Grebbeshult, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1977	Kolsva, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1977	Woodperry, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1977	Enderby, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	32 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1977. 1977 had 517 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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Data for records on 1977-10-04: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	364
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2