Weather Records on 22 April 2004

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 2004. Highest significance: Monte Vista 2W, US.

Key Facts for 22 April 2004

On 22 April 2004, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 589 daily.
Monte Vista 2W set a monthly record daily snowfall of 29.2 cm (11.5 in) on 22 April 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 22 April 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ratcliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Hickory Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parks 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Curtain 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheatham L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greers Ferry Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 22 April 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 22 April 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 58, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 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

22 April 2004

Top 20 records on 22 April 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 2004	Monte Vista 2W, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 April 2004	Kainaliu 73.2, US	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 April 2004	Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Morrilton, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Kall-Sistig, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Trinidad AP, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Ratcliff, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Newman, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Laguna, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Muskogee, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Bogota/Eldorado, CO	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Ibapah, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Old Hickory Dam, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2004	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 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

1800 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2004. 2004 had 647 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 50	491
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1