Weather Records on 8 June 2003

1,158 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 2003. Highest significance: Selma, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 2003

On 8 June 2003, 1,158 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
513 were record highs and 350 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,135 daily.
Selma set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 8 June 2003.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,158 stations

1,158 station records on 8 June 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maarheeze	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Fire STN #5	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estell Manor	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhuato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lhasa	China	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Encantada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leende	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venray	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
On	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lattakia	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,158 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 8 June 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 1,135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

888 broken records

Margins by which the 888 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 2003

Top 20 records on 8 June 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 2003	Selma, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2003	Halle, DE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2003	Maarheeze, NL	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Bad Rothenfelde, DE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Abbeville, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Huntington Lake, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Someren, NL	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Burlington Fire STN #5, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Estell Manor, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Heden, SE	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Tanhuato (Smn), MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Orebro, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	139 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Chapulco, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Sharon Springs, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2003	Kimball 2NE, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 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

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 1,158 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	748
2017	560
2018	386
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	403

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	809
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	4