Weather Records on 14 October 2004

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 2004. Highest significance: Danevang 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 14 October 2004

On 14 October 2004, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 714 daily.
Danevang 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 14 October 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 14 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reefton (Upper Yarra Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Val de Loire	France	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huasca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Telixtlahuaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dashauz	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rancho Viejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulety	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kajlastuj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 2004

Top 20 records on 14 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 2004	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2004	Philippi, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Spencer, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Appomattox, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	La Palma/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Houston, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Reefton (Upper Yarra Dam), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Val de Loire, FR	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Sewanee, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Orland, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Mancos 1SW, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Chester, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Caruthersville, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Huasca, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Marshall, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	35.4 C (95.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Graz, AT	daily low max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2004	Billings Wtp, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	39 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 721 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 10	508
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3