Weather Records on 5 April 1953

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1953. Highest significance: Tiruppattur, IN.

Key Facts for 5 April 1953

On 5 April 1953, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 242 daily.
Tiruppattur set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 5 April 1953.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 5 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manbulloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1953

Top 20 records on 5 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1953	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1953	Ambur, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Clarendon, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Canyon, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Berrings, ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Chintamani, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Polur, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Theethandathanam, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Katherine Council, AU	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Ismailia, EG	monthly low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Pennagaram, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Dapoli, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1953	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	35 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

1809 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1953. 1953 had 249 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1953-04-05: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 April 1953
Margin	Records
0 to 20	180
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2