Weather Records on 4 November 1983

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1983. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 4 November 1983

On 4 November 1983, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
624 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Willcox set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 4 November 1983.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 4 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arys	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.8 cm (11.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Sa (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.5 cm (10.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Ruth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 470, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 392, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 4 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	470
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 4 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 107, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

905 broken records

Margins by which the 905 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1983

Top 20 records on 4 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1983	Willcox, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1983	Jewett, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1983	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1983	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1983	Dolisie, CG	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Chiricahua Nm, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Alton, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Clifton City, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Arys, KZ	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Luverne, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1983	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	45 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1983. 1983 had 1,116 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 50	883
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1