Weather Records on 4 October 2019

1,131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2019. Highest significance: Choteau, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 2019

On 4 October 2019, 1,131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
728 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 250 monthly and 881 daily.
Choteau set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 4 October 2019.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,131 stations

1,131 station records on 4 October 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,131 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 545, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 October 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	545
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 October 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 250, daily 881.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

814 broken records

Margins by which the 814 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 October 2019

Top 20 records on 4 October 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2019	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2019	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2019	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2019	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	116 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Melle, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Laurens, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	118 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	State UNIV, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Waynesboro 2 W, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Burkes Garden, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Beckley Va Hospital, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Alexandra Bridge, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Washington 2 ESE, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Tryon, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	White Sulphur Springs, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Bay Minette, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Indian Pass, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Cornelia, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2019	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	45 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 1,131 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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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	803
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1