Weather Records on 23 November 2004

977 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 2004. Highest significance: Cobra Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 November 2004

On 23 November 2004, 977 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
444 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 952 daily.
Cobra Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.6 mm (1.0 in) on 23 November 2004.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

977 stations

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

Weather records on 23 November 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Regnier	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gallangowan Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wahroonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
U of Ga Plt Sci	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clodine	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

977 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 23 November 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 23 November 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 952.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

777 broken records

Margins by which the 777 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 2004

Top 20 records on 23 November 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 2004	Cobra Station, AU	monthly rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	Wharton, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	De Ridder, US	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	Regnier, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	Karlstad, SE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	Luling, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2004	Albany, AU	daily high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Gallangowan Forestry, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Meade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Regnier, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Wahroonga, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	U of Ga Plt Sci, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Borger, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Clodine, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2004	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 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

1821 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 2004. 2004 had 977 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	716
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1