Weather Records on 13 January 2004

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 2004. Highest significance: Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen, DE.

Key Facts for 13 January 2004

On 13 January 2004, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 725 daily.
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 13 January 2004.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 13 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Landshut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Augsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Las Barracas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez (C	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellegarde	France	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guaymas 4-P-6	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altomunster-Maisbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chipata	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon/Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kosching	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mazatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muhldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Higuera de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 418, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 13 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 13 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 41, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 2004

Top 20 records on 13 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 2004	Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen, DE	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Landshut, DE	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Augsburg, DE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Carnarvon Station, AU	monthly rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2004	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Villingen-Schwenningen, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Boca del Salado, MX	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Las Barracas, MX	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	La Ribera, MX	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg, DE	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Niederstotzingen, DE	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Reimlingen, DE	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2004	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	52 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

1794 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 769 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,150

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	605
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1