Weather Records on 27 March 1953

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1953. Highest significance: Glencliff, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1953

On 27 March 1953, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 368 daily.
Glencliff set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 27 March 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 27 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.8 mm (10.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harangajao	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namarjan	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1953

Top 20 records on 27 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1953	Glencliff, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1953	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1953	Farmington, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1953	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Lincoln, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Mornington Island, AU	monthly rain	275.8 mm (10.9 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Berlin, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	Sharon Springs 1N, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1953	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Gardiner, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Jackman, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Harangajao, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Namarjan, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.3 C (77.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Madison, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Durango, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1953	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	29 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

1805 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1953. 1953 had 375 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 1953-03-27: 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	290
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1