Weather Records on 4 September 2003

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2003. Highest significance: Union de San Antonio, MX.

Key Facts for 4 September 2003

On 4 September 2003, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
559 were record highs and 296 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,018 daily.
Union de San Antonio set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 4 September 2003.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 4 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Conos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corralejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piedras Blancas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cucharas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Remontnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacadehuachi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tecuantepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makuschino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Gaspar de Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 343, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 4 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	343
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 76, daily 1,018.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2003

Top 20 records on 4 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2003	Union de San Antonio, MX	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Chittenden, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Stearns 2S, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Palpan, MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Montrose, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	San Diego de Alejandria, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Dar Es Salaam Airpo, TZ	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Toms River, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Los Conos, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Nikolaev, UA	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Poncitlan, MX	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Corralejo, MX	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Tobolsk, RU	daily high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Soria, ES	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Orleans, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Allardt, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2003	Mahackala, RU	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	86 years	42 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 1,094 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 2003-09-04: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 10	726
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3