Weather Records on 21 October 2004

1,674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 2004. Highest significance: Milford, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 2004

On 21 October 2004, 1,674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
864 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,596 daily.
Milford set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 21 October 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

1,674 stations

1,674 station records on 21 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Moorine Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koosharem	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
La Verkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Mountain (Grandview Lane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Revesby (Paten Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,674 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 416, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 448, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 672, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	416
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	448
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	672
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 77, daily 1,596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,295 broken records

Margins by which the 1,295 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 2004

Top 20 records on 21 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 2004	Milford, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 October 2004	Wikieup, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 October 2004	Fredonia, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Alton, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Moorine Rock, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Kanab, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	monthly rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Pahrump 4 NW, US	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Elsinore, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Enterprise, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	New Harmony, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Oak City, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Inkpen, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Koosharem, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Mulbring (Vincent Street), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	La Verkin, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2004	Zion Np, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1795 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,674 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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	1,135
20 to 40	114
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	1