Weather Records on 19 September 2003

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 2003. Highest significance: Moorefield 1 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 19 September 2003

On 19 September 2003, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
525 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,070 daily.
Moorefield 1 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 19 September 2003.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 19 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Savage Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro de la Presa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Police Brk	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roseville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 362, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	362
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 1,070.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

870 broken records

Margins by which the 870 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 2003

Top 20 records on 19 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 2003	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 September 2003	Buckingham, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	103 years	79 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Buffalo Mills, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Winchester 7 SE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Holland 1 E, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2003	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	Brookneal, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	John H Kerr Dam, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2003	Covington Fltr Plt, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	56 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

1805 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2003. 2003 had 1,094 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	725
20 to 40	88
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	21
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2