Weather Records on 7 May 2003

1,138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2003. Highest significance: Scottsboro, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2003

On 7 May 2003, 1,138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
868 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,071 daily.
Scottsboro set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 7 May 2003.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

1,138 stations

1,138 station records on 7 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huailai	China	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mtn 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,138 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 333, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 535, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	333
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	535
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 54, daily 1,071.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2003

Top 20 records on 7 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2003	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2003	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	107 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2003	Birmingham AP, US	monthly rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2003	Rock Mills, US	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Huailai, CN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Summerville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Talbotton, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Hurbanovo, SK	daily high max	32.7 C (90.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Cordele, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Amite, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Szeged, HU	daily high max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Szombathely, HU	daily high max	30.1 C (86.2 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	San Juan del Rio, MX	all-time high max	47.8 C (118.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Ft Payne, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Valley Head, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Farmerville, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2003	Osijek, HR	daily high max	32.7 C (90.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	96 years	43 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 1,138 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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Data for records on 2003-05-07: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	754
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1