Weather Records on 4 November 1997

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1997. Highest significance: Copmanhurst Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 November 1997

On 4 November 1997, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 591 daily.
Copmanhurst Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 4 November 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 4 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton Olympic Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford (Tycor)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addis Ababa-Bole	Ethiopia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hemse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Surnadal	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 4 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 4 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1997

Top 20 records on 4 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1997	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1997	Puntilla, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Cagliari, IT	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Mitt. Narsarsuaq, GL	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Grafton Olympic Pool, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha, BR	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Oak City, US	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1997	Loksmyr, NO	daily snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1997	San Francisco Dwtn, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1997	Iporanga, BR	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1997	Karlstad, SE	daily low max	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1997	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1997	Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi, PE	daily high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	14 years	31 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

1803 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1997. 1997 had 611 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	457
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1