Weather Records on 11 September 2004

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 2004. Highest significance: Abu Hamed, SD.

Key Facts for 11 September 2004

On 11 September 2004, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 710 daily.
Abu Hamed set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 11 September 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

740 stations

740 station records on 11 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comitan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosslare	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Topo Chico	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincang	China	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chewelah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrold 12 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laoag	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jarcevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 195, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 11 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	195
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 2004

Top 20 records on 11 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Federal Pt, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Marysville, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Comitan (Dge), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Americus, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	127 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Koroit, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Svatove, UA	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Rosslare, IE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Heywood Forestry, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Lancang, CN	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Topo Chico, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Colorado City, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily low min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	El Capitan Dam, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Mtn Pass, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2004	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 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 740 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	520
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1