Weather Records on 11 March 2004

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 2004. Highest significance: Allende (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 11 March 2004

On 11 March 2004, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
489 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 799 daily.
Allende (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 11 March 2004.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

826 stations

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

Weather records on 11 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Potosi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodman Sanitary Dist	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owase	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda de Arriba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Mawgan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garze	China	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lijing	China	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 11 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 11 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 2004

Top 20 records on 11 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 2004	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2004	Calderones, MX	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2004	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	El Potosi, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Orland, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Farson 2NNE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Alzey, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Lajas Substn, PR	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Berkeley, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Palm Springs, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Newman, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Williams, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2004	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 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 826 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	659
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1