Weather Records on 1 February 1953

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1953. Highest significance: Nornalup, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1953

On 1 February 1953, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 542 daily.
Nornalup set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 1 February 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 1 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 232, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	232
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1953

Top 20 records on 1 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1953	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Indian Bay, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Turtleford, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Kalna, IN	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Borsat, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1953	Lakeside, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Drummonds, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Mine Centre, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Burdwan, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Tuttlingen, DE	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1953	Dhanbad Sr, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	27 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 552 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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 25	422
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1