Weather Records on 7 August 2004

1,400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 2004. Highest significance: Booker, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 2004

On 7 August 2004, 1,400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 799 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,354 daily.
Booker set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 7 August 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

1,400 stations

1,400 station records on 7 August 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belvaux	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Otinapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asientos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,400 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 273, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 526, Heaviest daily rainfall 125.

Records on 7 August 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	273
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	526
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 42, daily 1,354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

963 broken records

Margins by which the 963 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 2004

Top 20 records on 7 August 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 2004	Booker, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2004	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2004	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2004	Tahoka, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2004	Abbott 1 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Sewanee, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Gail, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Mtn Lake, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Belvaux, LU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Cedartown, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Avon, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Waverly, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Enosburg Falls, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2004	Dzan, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 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

1808 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2004. 2004 had 1,400 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 2004-08-07: 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	914
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2