Weather Records on 4 November 1979

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1979. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 4 November 1979

On 4 November 1979, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 531 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 4 November 1979.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 4 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kolchugino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Jacinta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Segreganset	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.4 C (-28.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 4 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 4 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1979

Top 20 records on 4 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1979	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1979	Kolchugino, RU	monthly rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1979	Moskovo, RU	monthly rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1979	Heemstede, NL	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Bobo-Dioulasso, BF	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Daniels Harbour, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Schellingwoude, NL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Lisse, NL	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Amsterdam, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Boromo, BF	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Tapirai-Jusante, BR	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Monsenhor Paulo, BR	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Zandvoort, NL	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1979	Nikolaev, UA	daily low min	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	35 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1979. 1979 had 559 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	497
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1