Weather Records on 19 November 2003

1,367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 2003. Highest significance: Alexandria, US.

Key Facts for 19 November 2003

On 19 November 2003, 1,367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
873 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,315 daily.
Alexandria set a monthly record daily snowfall of 13.7 cm (5.4 in) on 19 November 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,367 stations

1,367 station records on 19 November 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Police Brk	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bent Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iaeger 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clendenin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,367 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 370, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 503, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 416, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 November 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	370
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	503
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	416
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 November 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 52, daily 1,315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,135 broken records

Margins by which the 1,135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 2003

Top 20 records on 19 November 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 2003	Alexandria, US	monthly snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Marion, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Burkes Garden, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Gainesville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Everett, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 November 2003	Cartersville #2, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Embry, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Taylorsville, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Sparta 3.5 SSW, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Patterson, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Spencer, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 2003	Dongfang, CN	monthly rain	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	55 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

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 1,367 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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	1,011
20 to 40	88
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1