Weather Records on 22 January 1953

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1953. Highest significance: Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 1953

On 22 January 1953, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 198 daily.
Sandy Lake Dam Libby set a monthly record daily snowfall of 26.4 cm (10.4 in) on 22 January 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 22 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	247.0 cm (97.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montoya 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 670.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1953

Top 20 records on 22 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1953	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	monthly snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1953	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1953	Summerland Cda, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1953	Nawa, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1953	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1953	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	247.0 cm (97.2 in)	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Hedley, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Newport, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1953	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	37 years	24 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

1795 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 202 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 100	162
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1