Weather Records on 22 August 2003

1,550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2003. Highest significance: Alexandria, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 2003

On 22 August 2003, 1,550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
870 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,519 daily.
Alexandria set a daily record precipitation of 123.7 mm (4.9 in) on 22 August 2003.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,550 stations

1,550 station records on 22 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobb	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birahlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balgerbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills Res.Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahomet Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Igarka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piawaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi Bindi East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hinds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eneabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roleystone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,550 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 320, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 550, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 484.

Records on 22 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	320
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	550
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	484
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 1,519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,189 broken records

Margins by which the 1,189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2003

Top 20 records on 22 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2003	Alexandria, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2003	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Lowman, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Wells, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Cobb, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Kaycee, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Birahlee, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Bogota/Eldorado, CO	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Minaru, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Yathroo, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Denbarker, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Hawthornden, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Balgerbine, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Wongan Hills, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Goomalling, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Colgate Powerhouse, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Grass Valley #2, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2003	Wongan Hills Res.Station, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	48 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 1,550 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Data for records on 2003-08-22: 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	1,048
10 to 20	106
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2