Weather Records on 25 August 2003

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 2003. Highest significance: Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 2003

On 25 August 2003, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 836 daily.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 25 August 2003.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 25 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
La Poza Honda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fort Direction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jericho (Northumbria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bilovodsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Las Cruces	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mauriceton (Jordan River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huonville (Tutton Avenue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathgordon Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Staritsa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tepentu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Davey (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 281.

Records on 25 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 2003

Top 20 records on 25 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 2003	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	La Poza Honda, MX	all-time rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	Fort Direction, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2003	Jericho (Northumbria), AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Bridgewater (Treatment Plant), AU	monthly rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Hastings Chalet, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Tarraleah Village, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Bilovodsk, UA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Hamilton (Uralla), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Las Cruces, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2003	Mauriceton (Jordan River), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 872 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	589
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1