Weather Records on 19 January 1953

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1953. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 19 January 1953

On 19 January 1953, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 418 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 28.0 cm (11.0 in) on 19 January 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 19 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	256.0 cm (100.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schurz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 255, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 810.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1953

Top 20 records on 19 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1953	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1953	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1953	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1953	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1953	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Malakapuram, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	256.0 cm (100.8 in)	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Carson City, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Noccundra Police Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Chilliwack, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Detroit, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Loa, US	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Los Gatos, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Johnson 11 ESE, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Forest Grove, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1953	Richland, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 421 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	304
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1