Weather Records on 23 April 1953

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1953. Highest significance: Shackleton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1953

On 23 April 1953, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 291 daily.
Shackleton Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 23 April 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 23 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1953

Top 20 records on 23 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1953	Shackleton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Rayachoti, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Armagh, GB	daily high max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Seven Persons, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Thadikarekonam, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Itatira, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1953	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Luna Rs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Wallace, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Philipsburg, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Buique, BR	monthly rain	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Kanigiri, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Tularosa, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1953	Lucin, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	28 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

1800 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1953. 1953 had 300 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 20	213
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1