Weather Records on 9 October 2004

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 2004. Highest significance: Minden, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 2004

On 9 October 2004, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 632 daily.
Minden set a daily record precipitation of 147.8 mm (5.8 in) on 9 October 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 9 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	293.9 mm (11.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	250.4 mm (9.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huajimic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	263.9 mm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spearsville Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton Valley 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guemez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 9 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 2004

Top 20 records on 9 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 2004	Minden, US	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2004	Abbeville, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2004	Nagoya, JP	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2004	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2004	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2004	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Katsuura, JP	monthly rain	293.9 mm (11.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Arcadia, US	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Anacortes, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Ajiro, JP	monthly rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Shizuoka, JP	monthly rain	250.4 mm (9.9 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Haynesville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Mishima, JP	monthly rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Farmerville, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2004	Shirakawa, JP	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	48 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 665 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Data for records on 2004-10-09: 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	449
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2