Weather Records on 7 April 1953

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1953. Highest significance: Pine Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 7 April 1953

On 7 April 1953, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 402 daily.
Pine Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.3 mm (4.6 in) on 7 April 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 7 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1953

Top 20 records on 7 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1953	Pine Creek, AU	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1953	Timber Creek Police, AU	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1953	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1953	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1953	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Ocala, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Hollister, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Bordeaux, ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Woodcliff Lake, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Crescent City, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Gibson Dam, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1953	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	40 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

1800 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1953. 1953 had 425 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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Data for records on 1953-04-07: 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 100	347
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1