Weather Records on 1 October 2004

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2004. Highest significance: Chugwater, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 2004

On 1 October 2004, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 764 daily.
Chugwater set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 1 October 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

826 stations

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

Weather records on 1 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Pernatty Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Balowra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mooleulooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parachilna (Motpena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Burthong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tambov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 391, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	391
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 62, daily 764.

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 82.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2004

Top 20 records on 1 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2004	Chugwater, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Jayton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Richmond Raaf, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2004	Woomera (Pernatty Station), AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Woomera (Purple Downs), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Nymagee (Balowra), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Post, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Merriman, US	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2004	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	51 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

1813 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2004. 2004 had 826 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 2026-10-16 (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 20	644
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1