Weather Records on 18 March 1953

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1953. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 1953

On 18 March 1953, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 214 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 18 March 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 18 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 18 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1953

Top 20 records on 18 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1953	Clarendon, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Moorddrift, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Newport, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Buxa, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Searcy, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Poteau, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1953	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Durant, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Waldron, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Ozark, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Calvin, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1953	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	69 years	28 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

1806 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1953. 1953 had 218 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1953-03-18: 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 10	128
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1