Weather Records on 4 November 1986

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1986. Highest significance: Bell Ranch, US.

Key Facts for 4 November 1986

On 4 November 1986, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 509 daily.
Bell Ranch set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 November 1986.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 4 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reydon 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein "Rietpan"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loop	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Slaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1986

Top 20 records on 4 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1986	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1986	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1986	Tahoka, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1986	Clarendon, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1986	Mc Lean, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1986	Mutual, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Chaco Canyon Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Olyfenfontein, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Conchas Dam, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Orogrande, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Memphis, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Miami, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Reivilo, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Reydon 2SSE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Flomot 4 NE, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Lipscomb, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Matador, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Agua Buena (Smn), MX	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1986	Silverton, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	51 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1986. 1986 had 546 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	433
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1