Weather Records on 4 November 1996

1,242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1996. Highest significance: Jerilderie Treatment Works, AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1996

On 4 November 1996, 1,242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
673 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,196 daily.
Jerilderie Treatment Works set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 4 November 1996.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,242 stations

1,242 station records on 4 November 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Caxambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Formiga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arriaga (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,242 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 305, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 368, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 331, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 4 November 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	305
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	368
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 4 November 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 46, daily 1,196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,046 broken records

Margins by which the 1,046 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1996

Top 20 records on 4 November 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1996	Jerilderie Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1996	Enshi, CN	monthly rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1996	Surin, TH	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Caxambu, BR	monthly rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Colbinabbin, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Labertouche, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Xinyang, CN	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Formiga, BR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Wilton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1996	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	42 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1996. 1996 had 1,242 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	1,029
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1