Weather Records on 14 July 2003

1,037 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 2003. Highest significance: Middleburg, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 2003

On 14 July 2003, 1,037 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
715 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 982 daily.
Middleburg set a daily record low maximum temperature of 24.4 C (75.9 F) on 14 July 2003.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,037 stations

1,037 station records on 14 July 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rakhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	49.4 C (120.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Russaro	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	50.0 C (122.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peto (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,037 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 506, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 14 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	506
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 36, daily 982.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

708 broken records

Margins by which the 708 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 324.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 2003

Top 20 records on 14 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 2003	Middleburg, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 July 2003	Gaffney 6 E, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 2003	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 July 2003	Agalega, MU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Alexandria, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Enid Dam, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Rakhov, UA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Hatteras, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Oxford, GB	daily high max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	126 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Parker, US	daily high max	49.4 C (120.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Blanding, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Castle Rock, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Salida, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Hanko Russaro, FI	all-time high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Selma, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2003	Troy, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	40 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

1802 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2003. 2003 had 1,037 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 2003-07-14: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	705
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1