Weather Records on 21 January 2004

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2004. Highest significance: Ghost Rch, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 2004

On 21 January 2004, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 526 daily.
Ghost Rch set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 21 January 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 21 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parakou	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco Rueda	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cocobeach	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Ojito de Camellones	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McArthur River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel de Lobos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredriksberg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Busan	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 21 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 21 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 2004

Top 20 records on 21 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2004	Ghost Rch, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Polis, CY	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Legaspi, PH	all-time low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Limassol, CY	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Tres Piedras, US	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Natitingou, BJ	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Durham, GB	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Canon City, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Talkeetna AP, US	monthly high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Parakou, BJ	daily low max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Kenton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Natitingou, BJ	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2004	Turkestan, KZ	daily high min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	36 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 535 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 100	434
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1