Weather Records on 7 January 2004

928 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2004. Highest significance: Yaringa Station, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 2004

On 7 January 2004, 928 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 883 daily.
Yaringa Station set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 7 January 2004.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

928 stations

928 station records on 7 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tardie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adjuntas 2 NW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

928 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 84.

Records on 7 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	84

Records on 7 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 33, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2004

Top 20 records on 7 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2004	Yaringa Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Judal Station, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Sunnyside, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	92 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Skamania Fish Hatchery, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2004	Tardie Station, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Williambury, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Cougar 6 E, US	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58.1 cm (22.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Ellensburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Kent, US	all-time snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Murchison Downs, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Condon, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Forest Grove, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Heppner, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2004	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	46 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

1826 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2004. 2004 had 928 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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Data for records on 2004-01-07: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	691
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1