Weather Records on 23 February 1953

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1953. Highest significance: Quilandi, IN.

Key Facts for 23 February 1953

On 23 February 1953, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 440 daily.
Quilandi set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 23 February 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 23 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.6 mm (10.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 23 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 23 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1953

Top 20 records on 23 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1953	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1953	Chatrapatti, IN	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1953	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Paardekopplaas, ZA	all-time rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Witbankfontein, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Oorsprong-Oos, ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Adel, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	260.6 mm (10.3 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Villiers (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1953	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1953	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	34 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 450 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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Data for records on 1953-02-23: 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	378
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1