Weather Records on 22 June 1953

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 June 1953. Highest significance: Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 June 1953

On 22 June 1953, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 564 daily.
Leeu Gamka (Sar) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 22 June 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 22 June 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 June 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gosaba	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dante	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Old Beach (Compton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitta Mitta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 22 June 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 22 June 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 June 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 564.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 June 1953

Top 20 records on 22 June 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 June 1953	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1953	Mudigere, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Rust-En-Vrede, ZA	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Gosaba, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Yerevan, AM	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Glenmorgan, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Koroit, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Chandgad, IN	daily rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1953	Longvale, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	40 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 587 records.

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

Records on 06-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1812	1
1814	1
1821	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	2
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	5
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	16
1905	18
1906	17
1907	19
1908	23
1909	18
1910	50
1911	13
1912	18
1913	70
1914	21
1915	46
1916	71
1917	42
1918	56
1919	28
1920	59
1921	95
1922	28
1923	159
1924	89
1925	248
1926	199
1927	116
1928	179
1929	132
1930	218
1931	255
1932	171
1933	496
1934	236
1935	292
1936	703
1937	447
1938	294
1939	300
1940	556
1941	411
1942	456
1943	361
1944	371
1945	485
1946	267
1947	828
1948	562
1949	382
1950	403
1951	382
1952	523
1953	587
1954	480
1955	345
1956	376
1957	685
1958	754
1959	352
1960	341
1961	720
1962	257
1963	855
1964	423
1965	493
1966	485
1967	604
1968	325
1969	715
1970	562
1971	315
1972	1,308
1973	654
1974	608
1975	789
1976	645
1977	558
1978	377
1979	476
1980	503
1981	1,055
1982	714
1983	1,096
1984	513
1985	447
1986	505
1987	1,192
1988	2,112
1989	960
1990	778
1991	819
1992	2,071
1993	756
1994	747
1995	840
1996	894
1997	1,010
1998	1,402
1999	724
2000	980
2001	799
2002	971
2003	975
2004	769
2005	1,014
2006	803
2007	954
2008	719
2009	1,029
2010	889
2011	1,018
2012	1,076
2013	482
2014	390
2015	647
2016	798
2017	1,180
2018	511
2019	1,183
2020	517
2021	1,147
2022	714
2023	1,242
2024	749
2025	1,849
2026	837

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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	415
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1