Weather Records on 17 January 1953

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1953. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 17 January 1953

On 17 January 1953, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 521 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 29.0 cm (11.4 in) on 17 January 1953.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 17 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	271.0 cm (106.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaisalotan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tundi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louriya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 17 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 17 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1010.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1953

Top 20 records on 17 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1953	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Brookings, US	monthly rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Mill Creek, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Topchanchi, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Orofino, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Newport, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Jalugudi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Sitamarhi Sr, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1953	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 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

1795 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 531 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	465
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1