Weather Records on 11 October 2004

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 2004. Highest significance: Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU.

Key Facts for 11 October 2004

On 11 October 2004, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 581 daily.
Taganrog (Lighthouse) set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 11 October 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

593 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eudora	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pixoyal (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guemez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Anton	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzillo Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirbma	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 2004

Top 20 records on 11 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 2004	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2004	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 October 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 October 2004	Tallulah, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Debaltseve, UA	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Homer 1N, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Geary, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Eudora, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Konawa, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Rolling Fk, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Antlers, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Winona Fire Twr, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Oak Grove, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Botkinburg 3 NE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2004	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	40 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 593 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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 20	420
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1