Weather Records on 20 July 2004

978 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 2004. Highest significance: Kiruna, SE.

Key Facts for 20 July 2004

On 20 July 2004, 978 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
509 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 930 daily.
Kiruna set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 20 July 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

978 stations

978 station records on 20 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Carlos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Abisko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelihovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katterjakk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yelabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Miguel Hidalgo Y Costil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Tlapacoyan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glommerstrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo Xonocahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen_Slettjord	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

978 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 20 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 37, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

686 broken records

Margins by which the 686 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 2004

Top 20 records on 20 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 2004	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2004	San Carlos, MX	monthly rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Malmberget, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Abisko, SE	all-time rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Bones I Bardu, NO	monthly rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Storsteinnes I Balsfjord, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Shelihovo, RU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	93 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Waren, DE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Yining, CN	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Katterjakk, SE	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Ridgeland 1NNE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Yelabuga, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Culpanovo, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	La Grande, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Marienberg-Reitzenhain, DE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Morioka, JP	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Louisville, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2004	Playa Vicente, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	9 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

1809 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2004. 2004 had 978 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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 2026-10-16 (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 10	621
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1