Weather Records on 16 September 2003

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2003. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 16 September 2003

On 16 September 2003, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 613 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a daily record high maximum temperature of 25.2 C (77.4 F) on 16 September 2003.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 16 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guatenipa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Oro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Claussville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coroneo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Vojampolka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Pinito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skwentna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Hermanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2003

Top 20 records on 16 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2003	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Atotonilco El Alto, MX	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Cointzio, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Lerwick, GB	daily high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Wisley, GB	daily high max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Mo I Rana III, NO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Guatenipa, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Gulkana AP, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Tihvin, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Skegness, GB	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Huntington Lake, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Choteau, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Finca Chicharras, MX	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Pericos, MX	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Williams, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Olean, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2003	Agedabia, LY	daily high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	65 years	37 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 627 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 2026-10-17 (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	469
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2