Weather Records on 3 January 1953

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1953. Highest significance: Collegeville, CA.

Key Facts for 3 January 1953

On 3 January 1953, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 231 daily.
Collegeville set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 3 January 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 3 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.5 cm (19.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	224.0 cm (88.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 3 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 3 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 890.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1953

Top 20 records on 3 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1953	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Lennoxville, CA	all-time snowfall	48.5 cm (19.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Illawarra, ZA	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Weimar, DE	all-time snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1953	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	224.0 cm (88.2 in)	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Lochnagar, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Cairo Ezbekiya, EG	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Ludlow, ZA	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Elk Point, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1953	Bjuraker, SE	daily low max	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 241 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	189
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1