Weather Records on 4 October 1982

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1982. Highest significance: Lowestoft, GB.

Key Facts for 4 October 1982

On 4 October 1982, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 395 daily.
Lowestoft set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 4 October 1982.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 4 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilyama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troitskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoozersk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrum Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Repatek	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tugulym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suhobuzimskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baikadam	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1982

Top 20 records on 4 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1982	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1982	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, AU	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Norseman, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Pleasant Valley, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Wilyama, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Lake Camm, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Minatitlan, MX	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Arka, RU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Fraser Range, AU	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	McCall, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Rennes-St Jacques, FR	all-time rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1982	Mount Madden, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	Sonora, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	Claflin, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1982	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	29 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 415 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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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 10	326
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1