Weather Records on 7 December 2004

1,096 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2004. Highest significance: Ballan, AU.

Key Facts for 7 December 2004

On 7 December 2004, 1,096 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,071 daily.
Ballan set a daily record precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 7 December 2004.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,096 stations

1,096 station records on 7 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sandnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Fork Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake Roscommon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pykes Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Prairie Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minter City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,096 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 501, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 7 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	501
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 7 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 1,071.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

912 broken records

Margins by which the 912 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 2004

Top 20 records on 7 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2004	Ballan, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	128 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 December 2004	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Gaylord, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Montague 4 NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	The Poplars, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Sandnas, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2004	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 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)
7 December 2004	Mt Pleasant 1N, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Wilbur, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	E Jordan, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Sacaton, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Petoskey, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Batesville, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2004	Monteagle, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	50 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 1,096 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

Download the Data

Data for records on 2004-12-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	872
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1