Weather Records on 30 December 2004

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2004. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 2004

On 30 December 2004, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
483 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 941 daily.
Franklin set a daily record snow depth of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 30 December 2004.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 30 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zaporoz'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pryshyb	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lanzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rautjarvi Simpele Kangaskoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulyaypole	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 253, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 30 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	253
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 30 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 941.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 2004

Top 20 records on 30 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2004	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Prospect, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Miami, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Salem, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Dodson 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Grafton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Sidney, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Reno AP, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Kotzebue AP, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Liberty 3 SSE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Zaporoz'e, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Mormon Flat, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Pryshyb, UA	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Bardwell 2 E, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Genoa 2 W, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	Minneapolis, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2004	McGaffey 5 SE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 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

1799 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2004. 2004 had 974 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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Data for records on 2004-12-30: 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	730
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1