Weather Records on 23 January 1953

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1953. Highest significance: Kotarh, IN.

Key Facts for 23 January 1953

On 23 January 1953, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 517 daily.
Kotarh set an all-time record daily precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 23 January 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 23 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bollier	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	249.0 cm (98.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 590.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1953

Top 20 records on 23 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1953	Kotarh, IN	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1953	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1953	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	monthly rain	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Ayikudi, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Goalpara, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Tenkasi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Huelva, ES	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Central Kin Kin, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Bristow, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Robeline, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Alstonville Post Office, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1953	Gohpur, IN	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	31 years	39 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 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	445
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1