Weather Records on 22 April 2003

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 2003. Highest significance: Gabes, TN.

Key Facts for 22 April 2003

On 22 April 2003, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 514 daily.
Gabes set a monthly record daily precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 22 April 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

529 stations

529 station records on 22 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Temascalcingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traunstein-Axdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanko Russaro	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Round Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maravatio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mietoinen Saari	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turku Turun Lentoasema	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pericos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chietla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boxian	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coquimatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 2003

Top 20 records on 22 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 2003	Gabes, TN	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 April 2003	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Temascalcingo, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Jerez de la Frontera, ES	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Grants Pass, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Albany, AU	daily high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	La Concha, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Chazy, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2003	Traunstein-Axdorf, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Karlstad, SE	daily high max	21.9 C (71.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Faribault, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Hanko Russaro, FI	monthly high max	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Round Mountain, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Batesburg, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2003	Buenavista de Cuellar, MX	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2003. 2003 had 529 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 10	365
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1