Weather Records on 28 January 1953

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1953. Highest significance: Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA.

Key Facts for 28 January 1953

On 28 January 1953, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 411 daily.
Midland Water Pollution Contro set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 28 January 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 28 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	242.0 cm (95.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Healthy Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1953

Top 20 records on 28 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1953	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1953	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Warren, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Gardiner, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1953	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1953	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1953	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1953	Clearwater, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1953	Three Hills, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	25 years	29 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 414 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	345
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1