Weather Records on 6 September 2003

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 2003. Highest significance: Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE.

Key Facts for 6 September 2003

On 6 September 2003, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 673 daily.
Jomo Kenyatta Intl set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 6 September 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

718 stations

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

Weather records on 6 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Surrency	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apaseo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Tolentino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calvario 61	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Apaseo El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Media Luna	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plan de Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armavir	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schmelz-Huttersdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 6 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 2003

Top 20 records on 6 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 2003	Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 2003	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Tilburg, NL	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Kokpekty, KZ	monthly high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Huntington Lake, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Semej, KZ	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Surrency, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Union de San Antonio, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Punta Gorda 4 ESE, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Waverly, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Comondu, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Apaseo, MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Skagway, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Kosrae, FM	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Aralskoe More, KZ	daily high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2003	Nogales 6 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 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

1794 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2003. 2003 had 718 records.

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

Records on 09-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1802	1
1803	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1834	1
1841	1
1853	1
1854	1
1861	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	5
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	5
1903	5
1904	6
1905	14
1906	8
1907	14
1908	36
1909	13
1910	28
1911	20
1912	55
1913	21
1914	23
1915	14
1916	16
1917	23
1918	62
1919	106
1920	172
1921	67
1922	114
1923	153
1924	335
1925	290
1926	123
1927	137
1928	252
1929	359
1930	101
1931	324
1932	275
1933	368
1934	462
1935	341
1936	338
1937	237
1938	322
1939	447
1940	170
1941	276
1942	284
1943	831
1944	392
1945	537
1946	426
1947	895
1948	379
1949	525
1950	699
1951	263
1952	350
1953	396
1954	567
1955	493
1956	735
1957	311
1958	489
1959	405
1960	382
1961	317
1962	772
1963	419
1964	393
1965	722
1966	296
1967	878
1968	512
1969	737
1970	910
1971	436
1972	567
1973	866
1974	897
1975	426
1976	915
1977	467
1978	1,273
1979	892
1980	458
1981	542
1982	744
1983	1,965
1984	1,354
1985	1,371
1986	751
1987	735
1988	1,547
1989	544
1990	805
1991	757
1992	1,084
1993	856
1994	622
1995	1,220
1996	934
1997	1,389
1998	1,385
1999	1,048
2000	1,500
2001	631
2002	867
2003	718
2004	956
2005	601
2006	1,104
2007	1,246
2008	1,430
2009	735
2010	1,259
2011	1,684
2012	803
2013	886
2014	588
2015	692
2016	605
2017	838
2018	714
2019	797
2020	1,349
2021	407
2022	1,782
2023	905
2024	1,161
2025	894
2026	846

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Data for records on 2003-09-06: 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 10	463
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2