Weather Records on 24 March 1953

955 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1953. Highest significance: Gaddede, SE.

Key Facts for 24 March 1953

On 24 March 1953, 955 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
275 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 924 daily.
Gaddede set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 24 March 1953.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

955 stations

955 station records on 24 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tabooba Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nannine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

955 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 652, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 24 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	652
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 24, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

866 broken records

Margins by which the 866 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1953

Top 20 records on 24 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1953	Gaddede, SE	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1953	Boolardy, AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1953	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1953	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1953	Twin Peaks, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Tabooba Junction, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	State College, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Le Roy, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Mount Caroline, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Bruff Hill, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Yoweragabbie, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Melrose, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Tallering, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1953	Norwood, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	53 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 955 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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 25	689
25 to 50	125
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	17
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1