Weather Records on 27 September 2003

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2003. Highest significance: Huntington Lake, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 2003

On 27 September 2003, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 811 daily.
Huntington Lake set a daily record high minimum temperature of 17.8 C (64.0 F) on 27 September 2003.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 27 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auke Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telpatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Molina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Golondrina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Las Pilas del Rio Frio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Juotasniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Jomalaby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Terrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tixtla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Margaritas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 293, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	293
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 811.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2003

Top 20 records on 27 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2003	Huntington Lake, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	San Juan Tepeuxila, MX	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Charleston, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Paso de Arocha, MX	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Joseph, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Auke Bay, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Francisco I. Madero, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Manuel Avila Camacho, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Tlacotepec, MX	all-time rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Telpatlan, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Paso de Molina, MX	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Bishop AP, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	La Golondrina, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Ely AP, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Las Pilas del Rio Frio, MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2003	Port Townsend, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	40 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

1799 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2003. 2003 had 830 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 2003-09-27: 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	536
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1