Weather Records on 11 May 2003

1,321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 2003. Highest significance: Warooka, AU.

Key Facts for 11 May 2003

On 11 May 2003, 1,321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
866 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,261 daily.
Warooka set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 11 May 2003.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,321 stations

1,321 station records on 11 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ezumazijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,321 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 563, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	563
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 44, daily 1,261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

961 broken records

Margins by which the 961 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 2003

Top 20 records on 11 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 2003	Warooka, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 May 2003	Grantsville 1ESE, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2003	River Falls, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2003	Creston, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2003	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Glenville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Tuscola, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Red Wing, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Independence #1, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Wabasha, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Ezumazijl, NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Kollum, NL	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Faribault, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Gallipolis, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2003	Lake City, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	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

1814 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2003. 2003 had 1,321 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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 20	921
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1