Weather Records on 3 July 2003

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2003. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 3 July 2003

On 3 July 2003, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 725 daily.
Ljungby set a daily record precipitation of 68.5 mm (2.7 in) on 3 July 2003.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

775 stations

775 station records on 3 July 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Osby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvik_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orkelljunga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alingsas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toraliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flensburg (Schaferhaus)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	265.9 mm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsnasbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baramossa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toholampi Oravala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garza Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vomb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gendalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Epe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mjuamala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Torup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guanajuato (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carbonera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abild	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kioloa Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Konga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 313.

Records on 3 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 37, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2003

Top 20 records on 3 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2003	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 July 2003	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2003	Osby, SE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Vaexjoe, SE	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Horda, SE	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Rorvik_D, SE	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Bolmen, SE	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Goldfield, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Elkhorn, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Orkelljunga, SE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Alingsas_D, SE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Fagerhult_D, SE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Toraliden, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Wisemans Ferry (Old Po), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Aby, SE	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Varne, SE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2003	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	47 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 775 records.

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

Records on 07-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	1
1812	1
1816	1
1825	1
1827	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1855	1
1856	2
1857	3
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	2
1874	5
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	5
1901	1
1902	6
1903	6
1904	21
1905	19
1906	12
1907	38
1908	18
1909	30
1910	17
1911	61
1912	36
1913	16
1914	55
1915	29
1916	28
1917	67
1918	55
1919	27
1920	179
1921	68
1922	73
1923	244
1924	290
1925	136
1926	140
1927	281
1928	84
1929	315
1930	581
1931	450
1932	326
1933	467
1934	396
1935	275
1936	523
1937	266
1938	294
1939	250
1940	383
1941	395
1942	428
1943	404
1944	498
1945	203
1946	243
1947	466
1948	242
1949	572
1950	479
1951	355
1952	346
1953	584
1954	384
1955	447
1956	528
1957	589
1958	414
1959	240
1960	717
1961	491
1962	547
1963	424
1964	896
1965	370
1966	780
1967	801
1968	729
1969	555
1970	605
1971	472
1972	986
1973	666
1974	685
1975	678
1976	888
1977	362
1978	1,268
1979	738
1980	959
1981	685
1982	913
1983	861
1984	738
1985	766
1986	1,183
1987	706
1988	1,100
1989	962
1990	1,197
1991	993
1992	1,371
1993	804
1994	950
1995	1,024
1996	872
1997	1,071
1998	862
1999	1,228
2000	667
2001	1,222
2002	1,251
2003	775
2004	767
2005	735
2006	943
2007	977
2008	839
2009	1,030
2010	1,310
2011	979
2012	933
2013	1,166
2014	661
2015	1,216
2016	785
2017	451
2018	923
2019	495
2020	378
2021	873
2022	737
2023	595
2024	670
2025	865
2026	1,036

Download the Data

Data for records on 2003-07-03: 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 10	464
10 to 20	75
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3