Weather Records on 29 August 2003

964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2003. Highest significance: Ostrov Sosnovez, RU.

Key Facts for 29 August 2003

On 29 August 2003, 964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
543 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 932 daily.
Ostrov Sosnovez set a daily record precipitation of 34.9 mm (1.4 in) on 29 August 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

964 stations

964 station records on 29 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yinchuan	China	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ermsdorf	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wismar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burdick (Diamond Springs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yuncheng	China	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Advance 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

964 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 340, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 29 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	340
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

679 broken records

Margins by which the 679 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2003

Top 20 records on 29 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2003	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2003	Cimarron, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2003	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2003	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2003	Frankfort Disposal, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Sedan, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Charleston, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Brunswick, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Atlanta, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Norwich, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Elgin, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Detour Village, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Cedar Vale 5SSE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Buctzotz, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Graz, AT	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2003	Incheon, KR	daily rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	16 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

1807 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2003. 2003 had 964 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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 20	620
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1