Weather Records on 17 July 2004

908 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2004. Highest significance: South Pass City, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 2004

On 17 July 2004, 908 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 251 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 882 daily.
South Pass City set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 July 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

908 stations

908 station records on 17 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tian-Shan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkin College	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hornos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Youyang	China	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Rucio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zunyi	China	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plan de Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

908 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 268.

Records on 17 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 882.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2004

Top 20 records on 17 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2004	South Pass City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Tian-Shan, KG	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Palatka, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2004	Kenton, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Dzan, MX	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Stevensville, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Dzan, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Zeerijp, NL	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Alton, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Skagway, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Pocahontas 1, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Georgetown, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2004	Yadkin College, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	44 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 908 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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	598
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1