Weather Records on 6 December 2003

1,303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2003. Highest significance: Ipswich, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 2003

On 6 December 2003, 1,303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,264 daily.
Ipswich set a monthly record daily snowfall of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 6 December 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,303 stations

1,303 station records on 6 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Errol	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Juba	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chadds Ford 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
West Sand Lake 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalie Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ehlma Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sagamore	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ubobo Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mowbullan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,303 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 472, Heaviest daily snowfall 146, Deepest snow cover 127.

Records on 6 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	146
Deepest snow cover	127

Records on 6 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 1,264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,067 broken records

Margins by which the 1,067 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 2003

Top 20 records on 6 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2003	Ipswich, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Errol, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	25 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Malkal, SD	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Melrose 1 NE, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Juba, SD	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Myerstown, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2003	Baralaba Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Bowenville, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Hannaford Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Aceituna Wtp, PR	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Jajome Alto, PR	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Canby 3 SW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Barfield, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	The Park, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Plainfield, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	Chadds Ford 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2003	West Sand Lake 2 S, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	19 years	54 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

1804 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2003. 2003 had 1,303 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 2026-10-16 (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 50	917
50 to 100	76
100 to 150	45
150 to 200	19
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1