Weather Records on 2 January 2003

1,363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2003. Highest significance: Waverly, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2003

On 2 January 2003, 1,363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
557 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,307 daily.
Waverly set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 2 January 2003.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,363 stations

1,363 station records on 2 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hofheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eschenbach/Oberpfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koerich	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manderscheid-Sonnenhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beverwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lohr/Main-Steinbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calmus	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,363 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 486, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 2 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	486
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 2 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 52, daily 1,307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,181 broken records

Margins by which the 1,181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2003

Top 20 records on 2 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2003	Waverly, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	78 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Golden, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Hoopeston, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Salina 3 W, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Teuschnitz, DE	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Rhein Main, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Weiden, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Clinton, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2003	Nidderau-Windecken, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Trier-Petrisberg, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Stover, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Deuselbach, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2003	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	55 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

1794 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2003. 2003 had 1,363 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	1,123
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	3