Weather Records on 23 March 2003

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2003. Highest significance: Glenapp, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 2003

On 23 March 2003, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
504 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 954 daily.
Glenapp set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 23 March 2003.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 23 March 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenapp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenampa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowpine 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forestdale Stapylton Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochedale South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urangan Hibiscus St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turicato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnwath	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakewood	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guaquitepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 289, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 March 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	289
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 March 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 954.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2003

Top 20 records on 23 March 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2003	Glenapp, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2003	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Hemavan, SE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Castle Rock, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Evergreen, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Haugan 1 W, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Cabin Creek, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Dutch Harbor, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Tenampa (Cfe), MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Bratsk, RU	daily high min	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Pitea, SE	daily high min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Yellowpine 7 S, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Campbell, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2003	Forestdale Stapylton Rd, AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	2 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 971 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	788
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	2