Weather Records on 11 March 1953

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1953. Highest significance: Natchitoches, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 1953

On 11 March 1953, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 330 daily.
Natchitoches set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 11 March 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

330 stations

330 station records on 11 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boisdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1953

Top 20 records on 11 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1953	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Simmesport, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Logansport, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Natchez, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Boisdale, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1953	Damra, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Northport, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Alexandria, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Midale, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Ceylon, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1953	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6 years	25 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 330 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	228
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2