Weather Records on 1 October 2003

1,198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2003. Highest significance: Coulta, AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 2003

On 1 October 2003, 1,198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 469 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 135 monthly and 1,062 daily.
Coulta set a daily record precipitation of 33.6 mm (1.3 in) on 1 October 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,198 stations

1,198 station records on 1 October 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sondrestrom	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (the Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koongawa (Retawon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Needles AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wharminda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Polda (Gum View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall (Swaffpro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Moody Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,198 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 278, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 191, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 October 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	278
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	191
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 October 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 135, daily 1,062.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

924 broken records

Margins by which the 924 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2003

Top 20 records on 1 October 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2003	Coulta, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	76 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Zamora, ES	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Butler (Anona), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Cummins, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Sondrestrom, GL	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Udskoe, RU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2003	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	Warramboo, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	Roseberth Station, AU	monthly rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2003	Koppio, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	53 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

1813 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2003. 2003 had 1,198 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	387
2026	550

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	802
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	1