Weather Records on 4 January 2003

1,229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2003. Highest significance: Cooperstown, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2003

On 4 January 2003, 1,229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,200 daily.
Cooperstown set a daily record snowfall of 43.4 cm (17.1 in) on 4 January 2003.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,229 stations

1,229 station records on 4 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pohang	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,229 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 278, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 117, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 4 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	278
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	117
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 4 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 1,200.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

992 broken records

Margins by which the 992 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 297.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2003

Top 20 records on 4 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2003	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2003	Cavendish, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2003	Grafton, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2003	Little Falls City Rsch, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2003	Sherburne, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2003	Chesterfield, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Nevelsk, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Freeville 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Northville, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Obihiro, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Keene, US	monthly snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Susquehanna, US	daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Greene, US	daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Elmira, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2003	Gloversville, US	daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	7 years	49 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

1795 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 1,229 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	894
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	19
200 to 250	13
250 to 300	3