Weather Records on 5 April 2003

1,120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2003. Highest significance: Fremont, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 2003

On 5 April 2003, 1,120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 478 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,060 daily.
Fremont set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 5 April 2003.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,120 stations

1,120 station records on 5 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmuir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,120 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 341, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 139, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 5 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	341
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	139
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 5 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 56, daily 1,060.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

827 broken records

Margins by which the 827 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 206.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2003

Top 20 records on 5 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2003	Fremont, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2003	E Jordan, US	monthly snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2003	Aurora, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Merrill, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Little Valley, US	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Perry, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Charlevoix, US	monthly low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Postville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Beaver Is, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Northville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Sanford 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Port Washington, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Bluffton 6N, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Sodus 1W, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Whitehall, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2003	Oconto 4 W, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	85 years	47 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

1809 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2003. 2003 had 1,120 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 2003-04-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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	773
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1