Weather Records on 12 May 1953

891 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1953. Highest significance: McGregor, US.

Key Facts for 12 May 1953

On 12 May 1953, 891 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 611 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 838 daily.
McGregor set a monthly record daily precipitation of 138.2 mm (5.4 in) on 12 May 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

891 stations

891 station records on 12 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

891 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 338, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 273, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	338
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	273
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1953

Top 20 records on 12 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1953	McGregor, US	monthly rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1953	Albion, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1953	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Logansport, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Bamboo Springs, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Amby, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Salida, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Perryville, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Monument 2 WSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Hempstead, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Eastland, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Copperas Cove, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Fulton, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	San Jacinto, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Wynne, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1953	Coloso, PR	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	34 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

1814 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1953. 1953 had 891 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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Data for records on 1953-05-12: 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 50	690
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1