Weather Records on 4 March 1953

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1953. Highest significance: Lexington 3E, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1953

On 4 March 1953, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 529 daily.
Lexington 3E set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 4 March 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 4 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington 3E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup Dam 3O	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kidder	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 4 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 4 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1953

Top 20 records on 4 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1953	Lexington 3E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Defiance, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Goderich Township, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Montpelier, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Napoleon, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Ruel, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Greenup Dam 3O, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Noblesville River, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Lexington 3E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Kingston, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Plainfield, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Pakribarwan, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Mahendraganj, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1953	Fremont, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 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

1801 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1953. 1953 had 540 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	425
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1