Weather Records on 23 April 2004

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2004. Highest significance: Manassa, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 2004

On 23 April 2004, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 584 daily.
Manassa set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 23 April 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 23 April 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ferron	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorn (Scotch College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Temextla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sagamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 23 April 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 23 April 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 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

23 April 2004

Top 20 records on 23 April 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2004	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Red Rvr, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Hardy, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Ferron, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Las Animas, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	Lehigh 4 SW, US	all-time rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2004	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Trinidad, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Tres Piedras, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Canon City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Canon City, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Del Norte 3ENE, US	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Regnier, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2004	La Junta Muni AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	51 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

1800 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2004. 2004 had 610 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	460
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1