Weather Records on 1 July 1953

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1953. Highest significance: Orangeville, CA.

Key Facts for 1 July 1953

On 1 July 1953, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 594 daily.
Orangeville set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 1 July 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

618 stations

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

Weather records on 1 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	277.4 mm (10.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 1 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 16, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1953

Top 20 records on 1 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1953	Orangeville, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1953	Kumsi, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Shirala, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Grayling, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Khanpur, IN	daily rain	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Bemidji, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Eagle Harbor, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Higgins Lake, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	277.4 mm (10.9 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Breakwater, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Channarayapatna, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1953	Shirol, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	39 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 618 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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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	424
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2