Weather Records on 7 October 2004

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2004. Highest significance: Hobart Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 2004

On 7 October 2004, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 492 daily.
Hobart Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 121.2 mm (4.8 in) on 7 October 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

518 stations

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

Weather records on 7 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luoto Eugmo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stalldalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Animskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enderlin 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astatla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Solnethnaya	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2004

Top 20 records on 7 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2004	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2004	Pakri, EE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Luoto Eugmo, FI	monthly rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	East London, ZA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Havelund, SE	all-time rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	123 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Loretta 1W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Pembina, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Timiryazevskij, RU	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Parker, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Omaha, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Altus Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2004	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	35 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 518 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	360
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1