Weather Records on 7 March 1953

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1953. Highest significance: Makapuu Point 724, US.

Key Facts for 7 March 1953

On 7 March 1953, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 349 daily.
Makapuu Point 724 set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 7 March 1953.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 7 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 7 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 7 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1953

Top 20 records on 7 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1953	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1953	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1953	Itabatinga, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Lakeside, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Vernon, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Kilauea 1134, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Lodi, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Allison, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Alta, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Arlington, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Ust-Maja, RU	daily high min	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Le Grand, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1953	Iowa City, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	50 years	24 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 351 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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 20	233
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1