Weather Records on 12 September 2003

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 2003. Highest significance: Moose Lake 1 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 2003

On 12 September 2003, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 804 daily.
Moose Lake 1 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 12 September 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 12 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calacoaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zapopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Pajonal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 12 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 2003

Top 20 records on 12 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 2003	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2003	Cloquet, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2003	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2003	Camden 1, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	110 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Dilley, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Zearing, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Augusta, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Corpus Christi, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Newport 1SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Pearsall, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Calacoaya, MX	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Gilman, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Newton, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Steamboat Rock, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Atotonilco El Alto, MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2003	Fergana, UZ	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	43 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

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 830 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

Download the Data

Data for records on 2003-09-12: 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 20	577
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2