Weather Records on 5 August 2003

1,340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2003. Highest significance: Tooma, EE.

Key Facts for 5 August 2003

On 5 August 2003, 1,340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,030 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 51 were all-time records, 119 monthly and 1,170 daily.
Tooma set an all-time record daily precipitation of 66.2 mm (2.6 in) on 5 August 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,340 stations

1,340 station records on 5 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Real de Guerrero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Hero	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shickshinny 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grosseto	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Libertad	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeovilton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,340 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 531, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 499, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 5 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	531
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	499
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 51, monthly 119, daily 1,170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,008 broken records

Margins by which the 1,008 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2003

Top 20 records on 5 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2003	Tooma, EE	all-time rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2003	Wisley, GB	all-time high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Tiirikoja, EE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Montelimar, FR	all-time high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Glasgow 1 SE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Johvi, EE	all-time rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Paso Real de Guerrero, MX	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Ft Grant, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Rennes-St Jacques, FR	all-time high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Worms, DE	all-time high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Altastenberg, DE	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Luxembourg Airport, LU	all-time high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2003	Cherdyn', RU	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	90 years	42 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

1797 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2003. 2003 had 1,340 records.

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

Records on 08-05 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	2
1809	1
1830	3
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	2
1874	2
1876	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	11
1900	4
1901	3
1902	6
1903	18
1904	13
1905	22
1906	13
1907	14
1908	25
1909	21
1910	20
1911	16
1912	72
1913	18
1914	22
1915	83
1916	67
1917	40
1918	233
1919	40
1920	81
1921	53
1922	107
1923	180
1924	144
1925	84
1926	113
1927	230
1928	201
1929	243
1930	467
1931	426
1932	228
1933	341
1934	587
1935	422
1936	309
1937	288
1938	420
1939	275
1940	290
1941	443
1942	393
1943	436
1944	520
1945	311
1946	374
1947	710
1948	930
1949	375
1950	681
1951	557
1952	498
1953	1,043
1954	543
1955	640
1956	422
1957	518
1958	503
1959	438
1960	297
1961	823
1962	451
1963	311
1964	610
1965	265
1966	384
1967	347
1968	394
1969	708
1970	468
1971	748
1972	799
1973	983
1974	810
1975	692
1976	721
1977	583
1978	948
1979	561
1980	998
1981	754
1982	776
1983	1,090
1984	789
1985	845
1986	778
1987	1,061
1988	914
1989	915
1990	1,265
1991	828
1992	861
1993	1,145
1994	1,944
1995	1,205
1996	1,029
1997	1,144
1998	1,817
1999	834
2000	704
2001	986
2002	1,160
2003	1,340
2004	848
2005	1,026
2006	932
2007	787
2008	738
2009	777
2010	1,626
2011	1,347
2012	869
2013	436
2014	915
2015	520
2016	544
2017	888
2018	528
2019	533
2020	626
2021	641
2022	1,332
2023	1,087
2024	711
2025	775
2026	1,048

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 August 2003
Margin	Records
0 to 10	962
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1