Weather Records on 17 December 2003

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 2003. Highest significance: Condinup, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 2003

On 17 December 2003, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 725 daily.
Condinup set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 December 2003.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 17 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Condinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	101.7 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hildre	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breivoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Valle	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Cua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bessaker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien-Storvallen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 198, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 17 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	198
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 17 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 2003

Top 20 records on 17 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 2003	Condinup, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2003	Fiskabygd, NO	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2003	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2003	Trondheim - Voll, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Mount Hart Station, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	101.7 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Heraklion, GR	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Orland, NO	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	East London, ZA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Colebrook 3SW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Vaernes, NO	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Buran, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Frenchburg 2 W, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Council, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Sorli, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Hildre, NO	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2003	Breivoll, NO	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 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

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 751 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	550
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1