Weather Records on 18 July 1953

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1953. Highest significance: Tiruchchirapalli, IN.

Key Facts for 18 July 1953

On 18 July 1953, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
275 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 473 daily.
Tiruchchirapalli set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 18 July 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 18 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 18 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 10, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1953

Top 20 records on 18 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1953	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Tirukkattupalli, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Stamford 1, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Musiri, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Ulm, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Proddatur, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Viralimalai, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Munday, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Pomonal Windy Ridge, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Ste Agathe des Monts, CA	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Hoshiarpur, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Rome, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Elim (Hosp), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1953	Patti, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	41 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 493 records.

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

Records on 07-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1801	1
1845	1
1847	1
1851	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	1
1866	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	6
1898	2
1899	3
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	14
1904	7
1905	22
1906	13
1907	12
1908	39
1909	11
1910	33
1911	42
1912	28
1913	21
1914	47
1915	95
1916	235
1917	265
1918	58
1919	38
1920	59
1921	67
1922	138
1923	126
1924	306
1925	217
1926	191
1927	85
1928	108
1929	123
1930	462
1931	382
1932	343
1933	228
1934	502
1935	212
1936	665
1937	334
1938	306
1939	424
1940	352
1941	349
1942	661
1943	277
1944	333
1945	350
1946	334
1947	385
1948	289
1949	521
1950	632
1951	307
1952	597
1953	493
1954	501
1955	423
1956	466
1957	325
1958	475
1959	548
1960	669
1961	280
1962	516
1963	269
1964	523
1965	707
1966	545
1967	735
1968	998
1969	590
1970	530
1971	625
1972	701
1973	976
1974	729
1975	643
1976	1,047
1977	839
1978	881
1979	821
1980	747
1981	624
1982	749
1983	1,071
1984	1,000
1985	582
1986	908
1987	1,845
1988	1,001
1989	1,233
1990	1,053
1991	589
1992	1,135
1993	1,013
1994	720
1995	904
1996	1,157
1997	785
1998	1,169
1999	900
2000	1,214
2001	909
2002	840
2003	1,159
2004	985
2005	1,210
2006	1,285
2007	1,267
2008	593
2009	1,757
2010	878
2011	1,148
2012	1,070
2013	921
2014	1,348
2015	745
2016	609
2017	426
2018	699
2019	548
2020	361
2021	676
2022	1,071
2023	867
2024	581
2025	779
2026	806

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Data for records on 1953-07-18: 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 20	360
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1