Weather Records on 3 October 2003

1,107 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2003. Highest significance: Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 2003

On 3 October 2003, 1,107 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 478 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,062 daily.
Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.4 mm (3.9 in) on 3 October 2003.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,107 stations

1,107 station records on 3 October 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dokshitsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buchten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Yautepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toolamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,107 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 209, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 269, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 October 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	209
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	269
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 October 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 1,062.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2003

Top 20 records on 3 October 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2003	Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban, AU	monthly rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2003	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Koln-Stammheim, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Khartoum, SD	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Volozhin, BY	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Dokshitsy, BY	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Eagle, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Seesen, DE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Townsville Aero, AU	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	daily high max	37.3 C (99.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Noorbeek, NL	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Pratten, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Kenai AP, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Audubon, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2003	Philippi, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	45 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

1834 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2003. 2003 had 1,107 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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 10	752
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2