Weather Records on 21 January 1953

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1953. Highest significance: North Lakhimpur, IN.

Key Facts for 21 January 1953

On 21 January 1953, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 319 daily.
North Lakhimpur set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 21 January 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 21 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	251.0 cm (98.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 710.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1953

Top 20 records on 21 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1953	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Yellow Mountain, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Culpeper, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Janjgir, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1953	Wallabadah (Gaspard), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	251.0 cm (98.8 in)	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Sunnyside Farm, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Broadford, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1953	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	59 years	26 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 325 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	263
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1