Weather Records on 3 February 2003

1,166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2003. Highest significance: Shoshoni, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 2003

On 3 February 2003, 1,166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,137 daily.
Shoshoni set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 3 February 2003.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

1,166 stations

1,166 station records on 3 February 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conde	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limoges - Bellegarde	France	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro Maravilla	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,166 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 144, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 3 February 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	144
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 3 February 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 1,137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

940 broken records

Margins by which the 940 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2003

Top 20 records on 3 February 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2003	Shoshoni, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2003	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Canby, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Kamiah, US	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Tracy, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Valle de Santiago, MX	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2003	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Dawson, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Embrun, FR	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Benson, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Litchfield, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	12.1 cm (4.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Northam, AU	monthly low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Mc Cook, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Kremmling, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Stillwater 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2003	Ridgeland 1NNE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	45 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

1795 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 1,166 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	824
25 to 50	40
50 to 75	36
75 to 100	15
100 to 125	11
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	11
175 to 200	1