Weather Records on 17 September 2004

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 2004. Highest significance: Clayton 1 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 17 September 2004

On 17 September 2004, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 773 daily.
Clayton 1 SSW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 323.9 mm (12.8 in) on 17 September 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 17 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chickamauga Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Douglasville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Celo 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mtn 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 284, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 357.

Records on 17 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	284
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 79, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 2004

Top 20 records on 17 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 2004	Clayton 1 SSW, US	all-time rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	39 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 September 2004	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 September 2004	Leeds, US	monthly rain	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	43 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Jasper 1 NNW, US	all-time rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Chickamauga Park, US	all-time rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Beavertown 1 NE, US	all-time rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Cartersville, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Cullowhee, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Pittsburgh ASOS, US	all-time rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Commerce 4 NNW, US	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Douglasville 4 S, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Monterey, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Bankhead L&D, US	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Greene, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Primghar, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2004	Allardt, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1796 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2004. 2004 had 872 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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 25	525
25 to 50	67
50 to 75	26
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1