Weather Records on 10 March 2004

942 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 2004. Highest significance: Abu Hamed, SD.

Key Facts for 10 March 2004

On 10 March 2004, 942 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
655 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 897 daily.
Abu Hamed set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 10 March 2004.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

942 stations

942 station records on 10 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halliday	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kunming	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Songpan	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dimas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

942 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 10 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 10 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 44, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 2004

Top 20 records on 10 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Malkal, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Napa State Hospital, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	San Jose, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Gage, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Ft Ross, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Vacaville, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Georgetown, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Kennebec, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Sonoma, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Alzey, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Mogoca, RU	daily high min	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Marysville, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2004	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 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

1807 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2004. 2004 had 942 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 20	747
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2