Weather Records on 27 July 2003

1,064 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 2003. Highest significance: Westcliffe, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 2003

On 27 July 2003, 1,064 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,035 daily.
Westcliffe set a daily record precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 27 July 2003.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,064 stations

1,064 station records on 27 July 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Erbogacen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ika	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gartz/Oder	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon/Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Obispo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Arboledas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qiqihar	China	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apuka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,064 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 27 July 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 2003 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 21, daily 1,035.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

822 broken records

Margins by which the 822 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 2003

Top 20 records on 27 July 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 2003	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Erbogacen, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Ika, RU	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	McGrath AP, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Gartz/Oder, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2003	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Alencon/Valframbert, FR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	28.4 C (83.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Rastatt, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Eielson Fld, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	El Rodeo, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Suntar, RU	all-time high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2003	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	96 years	46 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

1805 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2003. 2003 had 1,064 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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	752
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1