Weather Records on 30 October 2003

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 2003. Highest significance: Towner 2 NE, US.

Key Facts for 30 October 2003

On 30 October 2003, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
532 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 936 daily.
Towner 2 NE set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 30 October 2003.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 30 October 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
El Tulillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis 21WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halesowen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville-Stowe State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maanti	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 323, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 30 October 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	323
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 30 October 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 2003

Top 20 records on 30 October 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 2003	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2003	Madison, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2003	Mohall, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2003	El Tulillo, MX	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Malvern, GB	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Tower 2S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Sherwood, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Fortuna 1 W, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Chardzhev, TM	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Shonkin 7 S, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Thermopolis 21WNW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Halesowen, GB	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Seneca, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2003	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	40 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

1799 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2003. 2003 had 973 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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Data for records on 2003-10-30: 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 100	756
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1