Weather Records on 8 July 2003

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2003. Highest significance: Armour, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 2003

On 8 July 2003, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 747 daily.
Armour set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 8 July 2003.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

779 stations

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

Weather records on 8 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ganevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bobruisk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ratan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klichev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stolbtsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Yautepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tejamen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guanajal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suchil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utgard	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	48.3 C (118.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 8 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2003

Top 20 records on 8 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2003	Armour, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	105 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2003	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	129 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2003	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2003	Slutsk, BY	monthly rain	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Ganevici, BY	monthly rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Sulak, RU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Mackinaw 3WSW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Bobruisk, BY	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Ternopil, UA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Elsinore, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Mtn Lake, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	El Rodeo, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Sheldon, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Ratan, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Washburn, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Sidney 1 S, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2003	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	44 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 779 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,456
2016	670
2017	886
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2003-07-08: 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 2026-10-14 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 July 2003
Margin	Records
0 to 10	453
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2