Weather Records on 10 March 1953

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1953. Highest significance: Honomu Mauka 138, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 1953

On 10 March 1953, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 352 daily.
Honomu Mauka 138 set a daily record precipitation of 273.3 mm (10.8 in) on 10 March 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 10 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Makai 143	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	271.8 mm (10.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 10 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1953

Top 20 records on 10 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1953	Honomu Mauka 138, US	daily rain	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Palermo, IT	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Honomu Makai 143, US	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1953	Seven Persons, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Robeline, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Pomeroy, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Henderson, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Alwaye Pwd, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1953	Miles City, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	52 years	26 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

1807 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1953. 1953 had 355 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	246
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1