Weather Records on 28 January 2003

952 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 2003. Highest significance: Tracy, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 2003

On 28 January 2003, 952 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 930 daily.
Tracy set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 28 January 2003.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

952 stations

952 station records on 28 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nampula	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Malpais	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tula (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

952 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 284, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 28 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	284
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 28 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 2003

Top 20 records on 28 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 2003	Tracy, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2003	Annean, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2003	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Tuckanarra, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Nampula, MZ	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Presa Malpais, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Milan, IT	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	New Castle 1 N, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Satus Pass 2 SSW, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Warren 3 S, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Challa, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Ft Collins, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Grouse, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Woodruff, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Madrid, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Mountainair, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2003	Fremont, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	40 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 952 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	683
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4