Weather Records on 26 January 1953

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1953. Highest significance: Capella Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1953

On 26 January 1953, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 386 daily.
Capella Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 158.8 mm (6.3 in) on 26 January 1953.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 26 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jedburgh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kunwarara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	255.0 cm (100.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 26 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 26 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1953

Top 20 records on 26 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1953	Capella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1953	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Superior, US	all-time rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Jedburgh Station, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Boothulla, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Yunta, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Bulgroo Station, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1953	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1953	Cobram Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1953	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1953	Kunwarara Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1953	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1953	Raglan, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	33 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 394 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	307
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1