Weather Records on 5 May 2003

1,792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2003. Highest significance: Goldbutte 7 N, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2003

On 5 May 2003, 1,792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,110 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 27 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,692 daily.
Goldbutte 7 N set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 5 May 2003.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,792 stations

1,792 station records on 5 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellijay	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bretigny-Sur-Orge	France	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,792 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 627, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 483, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 445, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	627
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	483
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	445
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 27, monthly 73, daily 1,692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,418 broken records

Margins by which the 1,418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2003

Top 20 records on 5 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2003	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	97 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2003	Jefferson, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2003	Franklin, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2003	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2003	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2003	Whitestown, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Enka, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Zearing, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Ft Benton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Ballantine, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Crossville Mem AP, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Charleston, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Valencia/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Ellijay, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Salem, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2003	Williamstown, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	49 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

1795 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 1,792 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 2003-05-05: 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 2026-10-16 (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 50	1,397
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1