Weather Records on 11 December 2003

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2003. Highest significance: Perryton, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 2003

On 11 December 2003, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 630 daily.
Perryton set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 11 December 2003.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 11 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Back Bay Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rangeley	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo Caliente	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sutcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boston	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigonella	Italy	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kislokan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mankato	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 11 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 11 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 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

11 December 2003

Top 20 records on 11 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2003	Perryton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2003	Brockton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	107 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2003	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Detour Village, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Munising, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Carthage, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Dillon, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Plymouth 5 E, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Antigo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Merrill, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Columbus, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Durham, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Eau Pleine Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2003	Edenton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 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

1796 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2003. 2003 had 646 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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Data for records on 2003-12-11: 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	497
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1