Weather Records on 13 October 2004

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 2004. Highest significance: Francistown, BW.

Key Facts for 13 October 2004

On 13 October 2004, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 707 daily.
Francistown set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 13 October 2004.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

735 stations

735 station records on 13 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maricao 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mesa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guemez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hampstead	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdale 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Copala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 707.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 2004

Top 20 records on 13 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 2004	Francistown, BW	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Lanihau 68.2, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Plymouth 5 E, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Windsor, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Arcola, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Booker, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Middleburg, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Neosho, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	monthly high max	38.2 C (100.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Cassville 1 NE, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Vandalia, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	monthly high max	39.1 C (102.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Red Rvr, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2004	Cuba, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 735 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	545
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1