Weather Records on 29 March 1953

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1953. Highest significance: Borroloola, AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 1953

On 29 March 1953, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 258 daily.
Borroloola set a daily record precipitation of 112.8 mm (4.4 in) on 29 March 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 29 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	185.0 cm (72.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1953

Top 20 records on 29 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1953	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1953	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	185.0 cm (72.8 in)	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1953	Geisenheim, DE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Beaver, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.9 C (78.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Benson, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Zerbst, DE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Kjusjur, RU	monthly high min	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Moab, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Saint John, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Nalbari, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Eelde, NL	monthly high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Globe Rs, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Delta, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Miles City, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Tijeras Rs, US	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Chicoutimi, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1953	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	44 years	23 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 268 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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 100	207
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1