Weather Records on 3 November 2004

1,356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 2004. Highest significance: Sandford (Maydena), AU.

Key Facts for 3 November 2004

On 3 November 2004, 1,356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
628 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 112 monthly and 1,241 daily.
Sandford (Maydena) set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 November 2004.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,356 stations

1,356 station records on 3 November 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Friona	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pendleton Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hart	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huonville (Tutton Avenue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ballaying	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Congee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White House Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Tree (Grays Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spearsville Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,356 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 381, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 423, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 3 November 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	381
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	423
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 3 November 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 112, daily 1,241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,107 broken records

Margins by which the 1,107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 2004

Top 20 records on 3 November 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 2004	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 November 2004	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Crosbyton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Vega 2NW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Friona, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Williams, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Dover, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2004	Pendleton Branch Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Tatum, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Flomot 4 NE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Meridian Key Fld, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Taroona (Taroona Crescent), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Hart, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Skwentna, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Clayton 1 SSW, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2004	Olton, US	all-time snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	73 years	51 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

1821 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 2004. 2004 had 1,356 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	1,104
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1