Weather Records on 24 January 2004

719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 2004. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 2004

On 24 January 2004, 719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 698 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 24 January 2004.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

719 stations

719 station records on 24 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bustamante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoup	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarata	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Argostoli	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Palinuro	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Messina	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleppo	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

719 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 2004

Top 20 records on 24 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 2004	Clarendon, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2004	Tioga 1E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2004	Helena, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2004	Rison, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2004	Sterling, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Pine Bluff Grider Fld, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Charlotte, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Bustamante, MX	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Maroon Dam, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Shoup, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Harleton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Bluff City 3 SW, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Weston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Weiser, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2004	Waterloo, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	44 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

1796 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2004. 2004 had 719 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	541
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1