Weather Records on 14 April 1953

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1953. Highest significance: Gnaraloo, AU.

Key Facts for 14 April 1953

On 14 April 1953, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 428 daily.
Gnaraloo set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 14 April 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 14 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbertree 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coolac (Hopewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boynedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1953

Top 20 records on 14 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1953	Gnaraloo, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Yass (Linton Hostel), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Cootamundra Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Wilbertree 2, AU	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Stockinbingal General Store, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Ajana, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Bunnawarra, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Durham, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Daflating, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Worcester, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Kirkalocka, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1953	Gardiner, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 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

1801 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1953. 1953 had 432 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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 50	362
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2