Weather Records on 11 February 2004

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 2004. Highest significance: Bruning, US.

Key Facts for 11 February 2004

On 11 February 2004, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 809 daily.
Bruning set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 11 February 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

834 stations

834 station records on 11 February 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bruning	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Perry	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mead 6S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 113.

Records on 11 February 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	113

Records on 11 February 2004 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 16, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 2004

Top 20 records on 11 February 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 2004	Bruning, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 February 2004	Monte Vista 2W, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2004	Perry, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2004	Jewell, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2004	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2004	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Tantanoola, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Heywood Forestry, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Nelson, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Lake Charles, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Millicent, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Omaha Eppley Airfield, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Beachport, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Monte Vista 2W, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Mount Schank (Jethia), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Koroit, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Santiago del Monte, MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Alvin, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2004	Sulak, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	49 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

1798 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2004. 2004 had 834 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 2026-10-17 (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	587
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	11
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	3
350 to 400	1