Weather Records on 10 May 2004

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 2004. Highest significance: Chemnitz, DE.

Key Facts for 10 May 2004

On 10 May 2004, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 716 daily.
Chemnitz set a daily record precipitation of 51.7 mm (2.0 in) on 10 May 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

735 stations

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

Weather records on 10 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Alta (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rymattyla Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carnwath	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Fork Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Totolica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guajataca Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Mazatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tultepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coconut Is 840.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 2004

Top 20 records on 10 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 2004	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 May 2004	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2004	Plauen, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2004	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2004	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2004	Lake City, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2004	Aue, DE	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Loma Alta (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Clarence, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Rymattyla Kk, FI	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Carnwath, GB	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Middle Fork Lodge, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Presa Totolica, MX	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Staraja_Russa, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Kapapala Rch 36, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Guajataca Dam, PR	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2004	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	94 years	43 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

1805 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2004. 2004 had 735 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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Data for records on 2004-05-10: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	507
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1