Weather Records on 23 September 2004

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 2004. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 23 September 2004

On 23 September 2004, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 961 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 23 September 2004.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 23 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huejucar (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandovales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kauhava Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt Am Kulm-Filchendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Otinapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Njandoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 961.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

782 broken records

Margins by which the 782 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 2004

Top 20 records on 23 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 2004	Arcadia, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2004	Albion, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2004	Elgin, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2004	Greeley, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Frammersbach, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Huejucar (Obs), MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Fullerton, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Taylor, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Fladungen-Heufurt, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Mauth-Finsterau, DE	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Loup City, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Kandalaksa, RU	monthly rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Marion, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Lynch, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Oakdale, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Sandovales, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Bartlett 1W, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Chambers, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2004	Kauhava Lentokentta, FI	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 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

1793 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 986 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 10	641
10 to 20	88
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1