Weather Records on 6 November 2004

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 2004. Highest significance: Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 2004

On 6 November 2004, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 801 daily.
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 40.2 mm (1.6 in) on 6 November 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 6 November 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Duckinwilla Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Svijagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa 511	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Copping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pohakea Brg 307.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chania	Greece	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medvezegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (the Brothers)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Davey (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley (Bangor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blowhard Mtn Radar	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolbrook (Danglemah Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 6 November 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 6 November 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 2004

Top 20 records on 6 November 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 2004	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2004	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2004	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2004	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Ajan, RU	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Van Buren 2, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Duckinwilla Creek, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Svijagino, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Mauna Loa 511, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Murchison, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Copping, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Pohakea Brg 307.2, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Blackville (Krui Vale), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2004	Chania, GR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	46 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 828 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	655
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1