Weather Records on 19 May 2004

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2004. Highest significance: Kansas City Dwtn AP, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 2004

On 19 May 2004, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 752 daily.
Kansas City Dwtn AP set a daily record precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 19 May 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 19 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alcan Minesite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Summit Reed Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mittiebah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalversin	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumner 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollola Toivola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Otinapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huma	China	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anfa	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 267.

Records on 19 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

627 broken records

Margins by which the 627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2004

Top 20 records on 19 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2004	Kansas City Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2004	Alcan Minesite, AU	monthly rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Lees Summit Reed Wr, US	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Clinton, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Windsor, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Chinook, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Spring Grove, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Stilwell, US	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Ellendale, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	King City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Renovo, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Philippi, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Oberlin, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Gage AP, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Hamilton 2W, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Sweet Springs, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2004	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 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

1798 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2004. 2004 had 788 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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Data for records on 2004-05-19: 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 20	597
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1