Weather Records on 14 January 1953

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1953. Highest significance: Cottonwood Weir, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1953

On 14 January 1953, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 609 daily.
Cottonwood Weir set an all-time record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 14 January 1953.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 14 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	296.0 cm (116.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Midvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Ameri Fork Pwhs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 609.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1510.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1953

Top 20 records on 14 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1953	Cottonwood Weir, US	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1953	Farmington, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1953	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1953	Corinne, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Brigham City, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Izana, ES	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Kamiah, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Lower Mill Creek, US	all-time rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Boolarra, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Mickleham, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Riverdale, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	296.0 cm (116.5 in)	151.0 cm (59.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Tooele, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1953	Ismailia, EG	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	67 years	44 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 629 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	520
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1