Weather Records on 9 July 1953

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1953. Highest significance: Southport, AU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1953

On 9 July 1953, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 433 daily.
Southport set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 9 July 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 9 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surpura (Nokha)	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Young	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 9 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1953

Top 20 records on 9 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1953	Southport, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1953	Penneshaw, AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Garhshankar, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Surpura (Nokha), IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Saundatti, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Jerome, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1953	Udhapur, IN	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Entrance, CA	all-time high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Sherghati, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Rimini 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Willsons River, AU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Gore Bay, CA	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Coniston, CA	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Cordova AP, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1953	Jaisalmer, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	28 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 450 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 10	293
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1