Weather Records on 7 August 2003

1,244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 2003. Highest significance: Fayette, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 2003

On 7 August 2003, 1,244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,005 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 49 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,117 daily.
Fayette set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.8 mm (5.1 in) on 7 August 2003.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,244 stations

1,244 station records on 7 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Solnethnaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kacug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 35 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lure 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appling 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockefeller Wl Refuge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,244 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 573, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 432, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 7 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	573
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	432
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 49, monthly 78, daily 1,117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

954 broken records

Margins by which the 954 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 2003

Top 20 records on 7 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 2003	Fayette, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2003	Solnethnaya, RU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2003	Bristol AP, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Veraval, IN	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Belknap Springs 8 N, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	all-time high max	36.6 C (97.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Dijon-Longvic, FR	all-time high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Kleve, DE	monthly high max	35.5 C (95.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Escalante, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Milan, IT	daily high max	38.1 C (100.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Elatma, RU	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	all-time high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Kacug, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Armagh, GB	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	146 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2003	Deming, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 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

1808 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2003. 2003 had 1,244 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 2003-08-07: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	924
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1