Weather Records on 5 November 2004

909 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 2004. Highest significance: Cumnock (Willow Park), AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 2004

On 5 November 2004, 909 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 887 daily.
Cumnock (Willow Park) set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 5 November 2004.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

909 stations

909 station records on 5 November 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moorooduc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chania	Greece	Record daily precipitation	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine Loddon Valley H'Way	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Ind Park 702.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa (Pyramid Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Murray Irrigation)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

909 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 509, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 November 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	509
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 November 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 887.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

767 broken records

Margins by which the 767 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 2004

Top 20 records on 5 November 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 2004	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	117 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Barham (Thule Street), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Leaghur, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Rochester, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Moorooduc, AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2004	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	116 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Santiago Tlazala, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Mason City 4SE, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Moulamein Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2004	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	55 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

1801 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2004. 2004 had 909 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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 100	764
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1