Weather Records on 1 May 1953

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1953. Highest significance: Rowena (Bungara), AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1953

On 1 May 1953, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 873 daily.
Rowena (Bungara) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 1 May 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 1 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bomalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mascotte Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bunna Bunna Woolshed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 630, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	630
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

820 broken records

Margins by which the 820 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1953

Top 20 records on 1 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1953	Rowena (Bungara), AU	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1953	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1953	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Gnomery, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Milledgeville, US	all-time rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Gurley (Glenroy), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Dumble, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Greensboro, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Orlando, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Daly River Police, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Washington 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1953	Amby, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	49 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

1795 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 917 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1953-05-01: 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 10	523
10 to 20	173
20 to 30	69
30 to 40	28
40 to 50	11
50 to 60	9
60 to 70	5
70 to 80	2