Weather Records on 4 December 2003

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2003. Highest significance: Turtle Lake, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 2003

On 4 December 2003, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 574 daily.
Turtle Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 4 December 2003.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

595 stations

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

Weather records on 4 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mediterranee	France	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (High Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ouahigouya	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galax Radio Wbrf	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Mtn 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunbar (Kelsey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitinez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tanhuato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandringham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 4 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 4 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 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

4 December 2003

Top 20 records on 4 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2003	Turtle Lake, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2003	Carrington 4 N, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Ray Brook, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Wessington 2SE, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Collector (Lerida), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Bladensburg, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Milan, IT	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	137 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Merida, VE	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Cobram (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Elkedra, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Mediterranee, FR	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily low min	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	111 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Salisbury, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2003	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	40 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 595 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	409
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2