Weather Records on 4 October 1992

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1992. Highest significance: Carrieton, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1992

On 4 October 1992, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 820 daily.
Carrieton set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 4 October 1992.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 4 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pamiers	France	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
High Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Buckalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsall 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pony	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wadley	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburn 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lennep 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sylacauga 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McClellanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Gabriel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sobraji	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin Gateway 10SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 4 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 4 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1992

Top 20 records on 4 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1992	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Wisdom, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1992	Pamiers, FR	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	High Springs, US	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Broken Hill (Buckalow), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Nakhon Si Thammarat, TH	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Cascade 20 SSE, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Wilsall 8 ENE, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1992	Ridgeland 5 NE, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	53 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

1795 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 866 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 1992-10-04: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	675
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1