Weather Records on 1 December 2004

1,033 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 2004. Highest significance: Caro Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 2004

On 1 December 2004, 1,033 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 361 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 986 daily.
Caro Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 1 December 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,033 stations

1,033 station records on 1 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Chiflon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nephi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,033 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 229, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 1 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	229
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 1 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 986.

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 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 2004

Top 20 records on 1 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 2004	Caro Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Fredonia, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Meeker, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Shoshone, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Morgan, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Shoshone, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Meeker, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Levan, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Fruita, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Gallatin 1W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Kokpekty, KZ	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2004	Farmerville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	38 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

1797 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2004. 2004 had 1,033 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	732
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1