Weather Records on 16 February 2003

1,029 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 2003. Highest significance: Carthage, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 2003

On 16 February 2003, 1,029 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 976 daily.
Carthage set a monthly record daily precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 16 February 2003.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,029 stations

1,029 station records on 16 February 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston Radio Wliv	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tazewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtrap Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.5 cm (17.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,029 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 141, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 16 February 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	141
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 16 February 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 47, daily 976.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 2003

Top 20 records on 16 February 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 2003	Carthage, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Marietta Lock 1, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Millport 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Grundy, US	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2003	Middlebourne 3 ESE, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Logan, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Mannington 8 WNW, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2003	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	80 years	54 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 1,029 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 50	759
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2