Weather Records on 26 November 2004

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 2004. Highest significance: McDermitt, US.

Key Facts for 26 November 2004

On 26 November 2004, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 561 daily.
McDermitt set a daily record snowfall of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) on 26 November 2004.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

579 stations

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

Weather records on 26 November 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McDermitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuajimoloyas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sinop	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charcas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nelkan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lanzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Zaragoza -Belen-	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio del Cipres	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culman	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pingliang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vladimir	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 26 November 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 26 November 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 2004

Top 20 records on 26 November 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 2004	McDermitt, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2004	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	164.5 mm (6.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Lancaster, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Raymond Border STN, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Duchesne, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Murdo, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Park Forest Water, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2004	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Thomasville, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Santiago Tlazala, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Selma, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Harlem, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2004	Cuajimoloyas, MX	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1838 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 2004. 2004 had 579 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 25	408
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1