Weather Records on 26 October 2004

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2004. Highest significance: Kookynie, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 2004

On 26 October 2004, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,089 daily.
Kookynie set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 26 October 2004.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 26 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Caliente	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Texcoco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eschbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Begoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Santa Elena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mather	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 353, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 26 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	353
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 26 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 1,089.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2004

Top 20 records on 26 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2004	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	100 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Canyon Dam, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Leonora, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Caliente, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Puntilla, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Tahoe City, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Wasco, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Chester, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Carlinville, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Texcoco (Dge), MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Burbank Valley Pump Plt, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	San Gabriel Fire Dept, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2004	Tahoe City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	48 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

1816 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2004. 2004 had 1,122 records.

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

Records on 10-26 in each year
Year	Records
1816	1
1831	1
1832	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1866	3
1868	2
1870	1
1871	4
1874	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	8
1888	6
1889	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	2
1895	2
1898	2
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	4
1903	16
1904	6
1905	18
1906	8
1907	12
1908	25
1909	10
1910	10
1911	7
1912	24
1913	38
1914	27
1915	34
1916	59
1917	47
1918	58
1919	72
1920	57
1921	33
1922	147
1923	68
1924	102
1925	185
1926	381
1927	522
1928	174
1929	137
1930	228
1931	359
1932	468
1933	605
1934	331
1935	174
1936	528
1937	248
1938	201
1939	1,140
1940	516
1941	688
1942	926
1943	466
1944	357
1945	434
1946	481
1947	533
1948	158
1949	368
1950	654
1951	337
1952	417
1953	449
1954	728
1955	484
1956	378
1957	1,082
1958	187
1959	488
1960	315
1961	214
1962	1,136
1963	1,079
1964	417
1965	450
1966	271
1967	392
1968	478
1969	493
1970	744
1971	1,021
1972	362
1973	362
1974	266
1975	787
1976	818
1977	864
1978	495
1979	759
1980	953
1981	761
1982	837
1983	564
1984	790
1985	559
1986	602
1987	704
1988	896
1989	1,628
1990	582
1991	1,660
1992	726
1993	615
1994	610
1995	911
1996	1,651
1997	2,943
1998	1,125
1999	994
2000	1,091
2001	939
2002	1,088
2003	1,271
2004	1,122
2005	1,165
2006	1,822
2007	1,183
2008	631
2009	746
2010	1,542
2011	797
2012	1,048
2013	800
2014	977
2015	430
2016	719
2017	474
2018	592
2019	896
2020	3,942
2021	728
2022	626
2023	1,628
2024	790
2025	611

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Data for records on 2004-10-26: 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	839
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1