Weather Records on 24 July 2004

1,604 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 2004. Highest significance: McPherson, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 2004

On 24 July 2004, 1,604 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
421 were record highs and 736 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 1,534 daily.
McPherson set a daily record precipitation of 112.8 mm (4.4 in) on 24 July 2004.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,604 stations

1,604 station records on 24 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harris STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tottington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,604 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 476, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 447.

Records on 24 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	476
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 65, daily 1,534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,257 broken records

Margins by which the 1,257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 2004

Top 20 records on 24 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 2004	McPherson, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2004	Marathon, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2004	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2004	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2004	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2004	Scott City, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Sokode, TG	monthly high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Waterdale, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Herington, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Orogrande, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Elgin, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Harris STN, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Conception, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Enterprise, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Frederick, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2004	Tower 2S, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	105 years	48 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

1799 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2004. 2004 had 1,604 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 2004-07-24: 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 10	1,110
10 to 20	94
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2