Weather Records on 15 November 2003

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 2003. Highest significance: Wattoning, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 2003

On 15 November 2003, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 553 daily.
Wattoning set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.8 mm (2.7 in) on 15 November 2003.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 15 November 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wialki	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mukinbudin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jourerdine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oviedo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Risor Brannstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granada/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 15 November 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 15 November 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 2003

Top 20 records on 15 November 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 2003	Wattoning, AU	monthly rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 November 2003	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 November 2003	Wialki, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 2003	Mukinbudin, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Booylgoo Spring, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Bonnie Rock, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Hillview, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	39.1 C (102.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Jourerdine, AU	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Boodarockin, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Beacon, AU	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Wialki South, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily high max	39.1 C (102.4 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2003	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	111 years	42 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

1794 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2003. 2003 had 567 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	449
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1