Weather Records on 26 September 2003

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2003. Highest significance: La Boquilla, MX.

Key Facts for 26 September 2003

On 26 September 2003, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 722 daily.
La Boquilla set a monthly record daily precipitation of 239.8 mm (9.4 in) on 26 September 2003.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 26 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gruidora	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Atexcac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maitinez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gomez Farias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corralejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo Xonocahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Damian Carmona	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fraccionamiento Callejones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centro Experimental W-75	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecoman (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Concepcion	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Padilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaltenango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ona Husoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2003

Top 20 records on 26 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2003	La Boquilla, MX	monthly rain	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2003	Gruidora, MX	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	San Luis Atexcac, MX	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Maitinez, MX	daily rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Gomez Farias, MX	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Guadalupe Buenavista, MX	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Libres (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Water Valley, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	El Carmen, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Bowman Dam, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Hale Loud Dam, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Colorado City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2003	Jalacingo, MX	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 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

1812 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2003. 2003 had 739 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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Data for records on 2003-09-26: 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	522
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1