Weather Records on 26 March 1953

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1953. Highest significance: Nalbari, IN.

Key Facts for 26 March 1953

On 26 March 1953, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 474 daily.
Nalbari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 26 March 1953.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 26 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tressillian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graterford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1953

Top 20 records on 26 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1953	Nalbari, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Mangaldai, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Tressillian, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Dhing, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Esperance Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	College Park, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Tunnsjo, NO	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Pottstown, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Moorside, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1953	Caboonbah, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	39 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

1805 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1953. 1953 had 482 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-03-26: 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	398
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1