Weather Records on 18 December 2004

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2004. Highest significance: Qinzhou, CN.

Key Facts for 18 December 2004

On 18 December 2004, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 482 daily.
Qinzhou set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 18 December 2004.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 18 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalversin	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hayling Island	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Venadero (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urgench	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sanzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chimkurgan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tillamook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andizan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grays Rvr Hatchery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hecate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leckford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shurchi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Packwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido San Miguel	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acuitzio del Canje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rancho Viejo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2004

Top 20 records on 18 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2004	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Ponce 4 E, PR	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Dalversin, UZ	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Hayling Island, GB	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Skagway, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Venadero (Dge), MX	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Bognor Regis, GB	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Seaside, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Urgench, UZ	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Sanzar, UZ	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Holter Dam, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Skagway, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Wrangell AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Cut Bank AP, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2004	Kastamonu, TR	daily low min	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	62 years	34 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 506 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 10	374
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1