Weather Records on 8 April 2003

1,918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2003. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 2003

On 8 April 2003, 1,918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 1,030 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 181 monthly and 1,733 daily.
Greenville set a daily record precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 8 April 2003.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,918 stations

1,918 station records on 8 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orleans Farm North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Northwood	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenoom Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Soledad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,918 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 604, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 426, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 119, Deepest snow cover 214.

Records on 8 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	604
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	426
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	119
Deepest snow cover	214

Records on 8 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 181, daily 1,733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,522 broken records

Margins by which the 1,522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2003

Top 20 records on 8 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2003	Greenville, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2003	Orleans Farm North, AU	all-time rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2003	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	109 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2003	Northwood, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2003	Estherville 4E, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Katta Barega, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Alpena Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Wittenoom Hills, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	monthly rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Richland Ctr, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Grand Meadow, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Lexington, US	monthly low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Dumont, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Sanborn, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Hammond, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2003	Waverly, US	monthly low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	50 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

1798 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2003. 2003 had 1,918 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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Data for records on 2003-04-08: 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	1,368
50 to 100	101
100 to 150	42
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2