Weather Records on 4 January 2005

1,581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2005. Highest significance: Kadoka, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2005

On 4 January 2005, 1,581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
779 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 1,493 daily.
Kadoka set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 4 January 2005.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,581 stations

1,581 station records on 4 January 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kadoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodgreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
John Redmond Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valliant 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Molino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Skinner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,581 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 541, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 625, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 4 January 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	541
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	625
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 4 January 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 86, daily 1,493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,263 broken records

Margins by which the 1,263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2005

Top 20 records on 4 January 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2005	Kadoka, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2005	Hill City, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2005	Tularosa, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2005	La Tuna 1 S, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2005	Dutton, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Woodgreen, AU	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Homer 3NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Geranium, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Brookville, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Marion Downs, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Walnut Canyon Nm, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Karoonda, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Bagdad, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Big Springs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Hollis 5E, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Cleburne, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2005	Stirling, AU	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	29 years	52 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

1795 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,581 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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Data for records on 2005-01-04: 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	1,221
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1