Weather Records on 4 October 2016

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2016. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 2016

On 4 October 2016, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 642 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 4 October 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 4 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harb	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 35 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brookstead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Metigoshe Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy Massie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Creek 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cohagen	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loma	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mole River (Trenayr)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree 15 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Mole Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miskolc	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 642.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 2016

Top 20 records on 4 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2016	Bottineau, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Surat, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	101 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Stanley 3 NNW, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Lovell, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Kalangadoo, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Lviv, UA	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Lobethal, AU	monthly rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Worland, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2016	Driggs, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Uzhhorod, UA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Harb, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Malta 35 S, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Zortman, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Brookstead Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	134 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Port of Morgan, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Grass Range, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Hershey 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2016	Lake Metigoshe Sp, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 680 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 2016-10-04: 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 20	554
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1