Weather Records on 28 March 2003

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2003. Highest significance: Come By Chance Store, AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 2003

On 28 March 2003, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 627 daily.
Come By Chance Store set a daily record precipitation of 44.0 mm (1.7 in) on 28 March 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

641 stations

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

Weather records on 28 March 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Elena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meandarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.9 cm (16.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kingsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valle Nacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jiuquan	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Germain	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 28 March 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 28 March 2003 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2003

Top 20 records on 28 March 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2003	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	97 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2003	Palatka, US	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2003	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2003	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Marathon, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Santa Elena, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Cabin Creek, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Beira, MZ	daily rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Marinette, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Crivitz High Falls, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Miami Beach, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Zamboanga, PH	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2003	Surin, TH	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	46 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

1805 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2003. 2003 had 641 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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Data for records on 2003-03-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	506
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1