Weather Records on 23 October 2004

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2004. Highest significance: Grand Marais, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 2004

On 23 October 2004, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
721 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,199 daily.
Grand Marais set a daily record precipitation of 62.7 mm (2.5 in) on 23 October 2004.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 23 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medina 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naolinco de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Obdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Copco #1 Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Knoll W C	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 435, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	435
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 1,199.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 2004

Top 20 records on 23 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2004	Grand Marais, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 October 2004	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2004	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2004	Thorhult, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Waskish 4NE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Blanco, US	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Oujda, MA	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Ashton 2S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Roden, NL	monthly rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Bergen (Nh), NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Redfield, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2004	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	43 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

1795 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,224 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 50	915
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1