Weather Records on 17 May 1953

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1953. Highest significance: Natchitoches, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 1953

On 17 May 1953, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 438 daily.
Natchitoches set a monthly record daily precipitation of 205.0 mm (8.1 in) on 17 May 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 17 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tinkurrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1953

Top 20 records on 17 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1953	Natchitoches, US	monthly rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Kenton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Natchez, US	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Tinkurrin, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Russellville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Tallulah, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Phalodi, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Quanaminning, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Ponnamaravathi, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Bannister, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Brookton, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1953	Mistassini Post, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	67 years	38 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

1802 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 441 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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	327
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2