Weather Records on 23 July 2003

1,649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2003. Highest significance: Adin Rs, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 2003

On 23 July 2003, 1,649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,111 were record highs and 350 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 37 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,557 daily.
Adin Rs set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 21.1 C (70.0 F) on 23 July 2003.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,649 stations

1,649 station records on 23 July 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ordynskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anjalankoski Rautakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irwinton 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tian-Shan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnee Dubrovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mike	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,649 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 575, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 536, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 23 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	575
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	536
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 37, monthly 55, daily 1,557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,212 broken records

Margins by which the 1,212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2003

Top 20 records on 23 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2003	Adin Rs, US	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2003	Severo-Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2003	Eastport, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2003	Rusk, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Palestine 2 NE, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Tromso - Langnes, NO	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Ordynskoe, RU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Quincy, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Wewahitchka, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Bardufoss, NO	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Anjalankoski Rautakorpi, FI	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Irwinton 4 WNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Dublin, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Little Mtn, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Sewanee, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Fall Rvr Lake, US	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Dyer 5S, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2003	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 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

1794 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2003. 2003 had 1,649 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 2026-10-15 (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	1,138
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1