Weather Records on 12 May 2004

1,054 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 2004. Highest significance: Warroad, US.

Key Facts for 12 May 2004

On 12 May 2004, 1,054 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 306 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Warroad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 12 May 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,054 stations

1,054 station records on 12 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	269.7 mm (10.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Westhope	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gorum Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rugby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomol'skoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eunice	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winder 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poshtove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Combienbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Kazantip (Lh)	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Many	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,054 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 265, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 12 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	265
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 12 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

809 broken records

Margins by which the 809 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 2004

Top 20 records on 12 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 2004	Warroad, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	269.7 mm (10.6 in)	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Westhope, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Chornomorske, UA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Dzankoj, UA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Westhope, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Gorum Fire Twr, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Rugby, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2004	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	122 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Pembina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Baudette, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Wymore, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Komsomol'skoe, UA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Orange, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2004	Kharkiv, UA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	56 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

1814 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2004. 2004 had 1,054 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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Data for records on 2004-05-12: 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 50	756
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	5