Weather Records on 16 February 1953

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1953. Highest significance: Yetman (Warialda Street), AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1953

On 16 February 1953, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 505 daily.
Yetman (Warialda Street) set a daily record precipitation of 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 16 February 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 16 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 376, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 16 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 16 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1953

Top 20 records on 16 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1953	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1953	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1953	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1953	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel), AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Graman (Willowie), AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Coomrith, AU	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Wondalli, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Surat, AU	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Thallon Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Croppa Creek (Krui Plains), AU	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Columbia City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Dinmore Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1953	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	48 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 521 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	464
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1