Weather Records on 4 October 2017

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2017. Highest significance: Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 2017

On 4 October 2017, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
288 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 734 daily.
Fairymead Sugar Mill set a daily record precipitation of 152.0 mm (6.0 in) on 4 October 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 4 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Banjawarn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sumner Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hyltan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conlen	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvesta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loma	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 4 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 4 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 45, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 2017

Top 20 records on 4 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2017	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Animas 3ESE, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Stratford, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Lady Elliot Island, AU	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Little Yabba Sfr 274, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Banjawarn, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	McCracken, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Lakin, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2017	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Sumner Lake, US	all-time rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Ness City, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Osceola, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Geneseo, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Lindfield, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2017	Hyltan, SE	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	46 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2017. 2017 had 780 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 2017-10-04: 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	598
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3