Weather Records on 28 September 2004

852 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 2004. Highest significance: Franklin 2 NE, US.

Key Facts for 28 September 2004

On 28 September 2004, 852 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
369 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 823 daily.
Franklin 2 NE set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 28 September 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

852 stations

852 station records on 28 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
NE Phila AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irwinton 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juliette	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

852 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

708 broken records

Margins by which the 708 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 2004

Top 20 records on 28 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 2004	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	97 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	New Milford, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Salisbury, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Walhalla, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2004	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Randleman, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Warrenton, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Harrisburg Capital City AP, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	NE Phila AP, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2004	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	56 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

1794 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 852 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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Data for records on 2004-09-28: 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 2026-10-17 (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	569
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	39
60 to 80	21
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1