Weather Records on 4 September 2004

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2004. Highest significance: Oakes, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 2004

On 4 September 2004, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
386 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 856 daily.
Oakes set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 4 September 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

898 stations

898 station records on 4 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Los Mochis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Higuera de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Las Alazanas (Smn	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calle Seiscientos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cocoraque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guaymas 4-P-6	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porfirio Diaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marysvale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 232, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 4 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	232
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2004

Top 20 records on 4 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2004	Oakes, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2004	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2004	Kentfield, US	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2004	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2004	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Altenbern, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Ibapah, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	San Ignacio, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Los Mochis, MX	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Laramie 2NW, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Campbell, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Oak City, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Flaming Gorge, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Atotonilco, MX	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Milan, IT	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Higuera de Zaragoza, MX	daily rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2004	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	118 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

1802 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2004. 2004 had 898 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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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 20	662
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1