Weather Records on 7 January 1953

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1953. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1953

On 7 January 1953, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 466 daily.
Quatsino set an all-time record daily snowfall of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 7 January 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 7 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dakor	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	279.0 cm (109.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 7 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 7 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1953

Top 20 records on 7 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1953	Quatsino, CA	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Balasinor, IN	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Nimach, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Garhi, IN	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	McCall, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	McCall, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Yellow Mountain, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Joshimath, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	New Meadows Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Aneroid, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Dakor, IN	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Kaslo, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Newgate, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1953	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1953	Garibaldi, CA	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	18 years	33 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

1826 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1953. 1953 had 494 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 50	382
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1