Weather Records on 14 December 2003

978 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2003. Highest significance: Vilnius, LT.

Key Facts for 14 December 2003

On 14 December 2003, 978 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 951 daily.
Vilnius set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 14 December 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

978 stations

978 station records on 14 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bradfordsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Creek 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorena	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacomb 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Police Brk	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caneyville 1W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

978 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 184, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 14 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	184
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 14 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

782 broken records

Margins by which the 782 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2003

Top 20 records on 14 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2003	Vilnius, LT	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2003	Sykeston, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2003	Cedarville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Cassoday 2SE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Carrington 4 N, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Louisville McAlpine, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Port Sudan, SD	daily high max	37.4 C (99.3 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Plymouth 5 E, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	John H Kerr Dam, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Bradfordsville, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Cascadia, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Lyntupy, BY	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2003	Eureka 1E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	47 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 978 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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 50	681
50 to 100	78
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1