Weather Records on 4 July 2004

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 2004. Highest significance: Tula, RU.

Key Facts for 4 July 2004

On 4 July 2004, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 636 daily.
Tula set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 4 July 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 4 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plavsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aurich	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jarud Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svartsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fence Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Barril	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 145.

Records on 4 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 26, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 2004

Top 20 records on 4 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 2004	Tula, RU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2004	Tlacotepec, MX	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	St Peter, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Plavsk, RU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	New Hampton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Aurich, DE	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Broadus, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Buffalo, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Bremo Bluff, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Charles City, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Alberga, SE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Mozajsk, RU	all-time rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Paveletz, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Berea College, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2004	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	91 years	40 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

1806 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2004. 2004 had 668 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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 10	442
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1