Weather Records on 3 February 1953

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1953. Highest significance: Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 1953

On 3 February 1953, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
392 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 745 daily.
Heidelberg (Rosanna) set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 February 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 3 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turner River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1953

Top 20 records on 3 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1953	Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Eltham, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Turner River, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Mill Creek, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Canterbury, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Moorddrift, ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Denmark, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Warriup, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Wungong Dam, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Fremantle, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Darradup, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Anakie, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1953	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	42 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 766 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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Data for records on 1953-02-03: 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 50	611
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1