Weather Records on 5 July 2004

853 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 2004. Highest significance: Misurata, LY.

Key Facts for 5 July 2004

On 5 July 2004, 853 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 349 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 813 daily.
Misurata set a daily record precipitation of 101.1 mm (4.0 in) on 5 July 2004.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

853 stations

853 station records on 5 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin Gateway 10SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Punkaharju Laukansaari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jarud Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decker	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enonkoski Simanala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haltdalen III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leiter 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iisalmi Keskusta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hedberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

853 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 5 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 813.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

657 broken records

Margins by which the 657 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 2004

Top 20 records on 5 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 2004	Misurata, LY	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2004	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2004	Sheridan Fld STN, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Gallatin Gateway 10SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Mozajsk, RU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Sortavala, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Bowman, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Redig 11 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Roi Et, TH	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Rock Springs, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Fishtail, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Rolla 1NE, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Ipswich, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	La Huerta, MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2004	Madras, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	49 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

1796 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2004. 2004 had 853 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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Data for records on 2004-07-05: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	621
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1