Weather Records on 4 October 2003

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2003. Highest significance: Salzburg, AT.

Key Facts for 4 October 2003

On 4 October 2003, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 580 daily.
Salzburg set a daily record precipitation of 33.2 mm (1.3 in) on 4 October 2003.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 4 October 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hedemora	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Guarda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwaigermoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rakhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gomez Farias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hogbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skjorby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres Lagunas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sater_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam (Muirne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Temextla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fagersta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Margaritas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wendelstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 2003 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 2003

Top 20 records on 4 October 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2003	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Hedemora, SE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Tanger, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Ft Grant, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Borden, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Temilpa, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Laghouat, DZ	monthly high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	El Guarda, MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Falun, SE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Schwaigermoos, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Rakhov, UA	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Sparta 1 W, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Purcellville, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Gomez Farias, MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Cross Village 1E, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Progresso, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2003	Mauth-Finsterau, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 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

1795 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 610 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	439
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1