Weather Records on 1 September 2003

1,254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 2003. Highest significance: Hillsboro, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 2003

On 1 September 2003, 1,254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 495 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 99 monthly and 1,144 daily.
Hillsboro set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 1 September 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,254 stations

1,254 station records on 1 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Virden	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halepohaku 111	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Franklin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saverton L&D 22	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bobrynets	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,254 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 351, Highest daily minimum 284, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	351
Highest daily minimum	284
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 99, daily 1,144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

951 broken records

Margins by which the 951 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 2003

Top 20 records on 1 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 2003	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Indianapolis, US	all-time rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Pana, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Whitestown, US	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Steffenville, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	94 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Virden, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Taylorville 2SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Narjan Mar, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Anderson 1 N, US	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Shelbina, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2003	Marshall, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Lubny, UA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Halepohaku 111, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Eldon, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Circle Hot Springs, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Nanchong, CN	daily rain	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2003	Paris 5 S, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	55 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 1,254 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 2003-09-01: 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 2026-10-16 (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	841
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1