Weather Records on 23 March 1953

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1953. Highest significance: Gladstone Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1953

On 23 March 1953, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 565 daily.
Gladstone Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 128.5 mm (5.1 in) on 23 March 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 23 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bunya Bunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wicka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moogooree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Girvan Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 19, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 223.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1953

Top 20 records on 23 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1953	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1953	New Forest, AU	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1953	Mia Mia, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1953	Causapscal, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1953	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Northampton, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Tenindewa, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Wandagee, AU	all-time rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Uaroo, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Boonara, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Gundiah Railway Station, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Theebine, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Mangaroon, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1953	Kirkalocka, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	51 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 589 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1953-03-23: 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 50	485
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1