Weather Records on 5 July 2003

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 2003. Highest significance: Kokomo 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 2003

On 5 July 2003, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
288 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 608 daily.
Kokomo 3 WSW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 224.0 mm (8.8 in) on 5 July 2003.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

646 stations

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

Weather records on 5 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Metairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cueramaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acatlan de Juarez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panindicuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	207.2 mm (8.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Metztitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Actopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xichu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 190.

Records on 5 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 32, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 2003

Top 20 records on 5 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 2003	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	all-time rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 2003	Knightstown 2 ENE, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 2003	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2003	Wabash, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2003	Logansport Cicott St, US	all-time rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2003	Metairie, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Greenfield, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Celina 3 NE, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Bluffton 6N, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	New Castle 3 SW, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Culman, RU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Menard, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Cueramaro, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2003	Fulton, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	45 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 646 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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 2026-10-12 (12 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 20	417
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1