Weather Records on 2 March 2003

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 2003. Highest significance: Hughenden Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 2003

On 2 March 2003, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 675 daily.
Hughenden Station set a daily record precipitation of 96.4 mm (3.8 in) on 2 March 2003.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

709 stations

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

Weather records on 2 March 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arriaga (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.2 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Essex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Police Brk	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grover Hill	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zahedan	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escuintla (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 2 March 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 2 March 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 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

2 March 2003

Top 20 records on 2 March 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 2003	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	105 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2003	Kassala, SD	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2003	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Valley Falls, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Monavale, AU	monthly rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Junee Station, AU	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	McDermitt, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Booroondarra, AU	monthly rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Mayo, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Bettles AP, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Riverhead Rsch Farm, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Coldwater, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	San Jose de Raices, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Villa de Arriaga (Dge), MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2003	Petoskey, US	monthly low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	39 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

1802 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2003. 2003 had 709 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	488
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2