Weather Records on 24 October 2004

1,300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 2004. Highest significance: Annex Creek, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 2004

On 24 October 2004, 1,300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
964 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,288 daily.
Annex Creek set a daily record snowfall of 37.1 cm (14.6 in) on 24 October 2004.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,300 stations

1,300 station records on 24 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mocorito (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Copala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concepcion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brian Pastures	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hameln	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,300 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 431, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 533, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 24 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	431
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	533
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 24 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 1,288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,030 broken records

Margins by which the 1,030 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 231.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 2004

Top 20 records on 24 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 2004	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Evergreen, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	130 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Mocorito (Dge), MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Thomasville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Poljarnoe, RU	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Vilnius, LT	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Copala, MX	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Colonia Morelos, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Lowestoft, GB	daily high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Minsk, BY	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Gladwin, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2004	Green Springs Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 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

1802 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2004. 2004 had 1,300 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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Data for records on 2004-10-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,019
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2