Weather Records on 28 October 2003

1,403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 2003. Highest significance: Summerville 4W, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 2003

On 28 October 2003, 1,403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
721 were record highs and 395 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,356 daily.
Summerville 4W set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 28 October 2003.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,403 stations

1,403 station records on 28 October 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Condinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tepetixtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,403 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 433, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 268, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 28 October 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	433
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	268
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 28 October 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 47, daily 1,356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,168 broken records

Margins by which the 1,168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 2003

Top 20 records on 28 October 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 2003	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Waskish 4NE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Clover Valley, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Moron de la Frontera, ES	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Turlock #2, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Waskish 4NE, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Duluth, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Condinup, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.5 C (81.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Downieville, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2003	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	43 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

1802 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2003. 2003 had 1,403 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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Data for records on 2003-10-28: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,095
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	16
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3