Weather Records on 12 January 2003

737 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2003. Highest significance: Mornington Island, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 2003

On 12 January 2003, 737 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 707 daily.
Mornington Island set a daily record precipitation of 298.0 mm (11.7 in) on 12 January 2003.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

737 stations

737 station records on 12 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	110.5 cm (43.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westmoreland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Electra	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nampula	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sliac	Slovakia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Guzman (Obs)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Larrimah	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teocuitatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Tuito	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kosch-Agach	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Poelten	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coquimatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oxthoc	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

737 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 12 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 12 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 707.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 622.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2003

Top 20 records on 12 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2003	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	188.8 mm (7.4 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2003	Sykeston, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	110.5 cm (43.5 in)	62.2 cm (24.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Westmoreland Station, AU	daily rain	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Chester, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Barguzin, RU	daily high min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Chita, RU	daily high min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Sretensk, RU	daily high max	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Albany, AU	daily low max	18.5 C (65.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Chita, RU	daily high max	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Electra, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2003	Ameca, MX	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	35 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 737 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	585
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1