Weather Records on 19 July 1953

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1953. Highest significance: Erick, US.

Key Facts for 19 July 1953

On 19 July 1953, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 318 daily.
Erick set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 19 July 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

330 stations

330 station records on 19 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franz	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 19 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 8, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1953

Top 20 records on 19 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1953	Erick, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Delaware, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Klein Australie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Natural Brg, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Sausar, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Anjangaon, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Akot, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Mont Laurier, CA	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Tombstone, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Houston, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Lake Placid 2 S, US	all-time high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Clarendon, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1953	Helwan (Cairo), EG	daily high min	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1953	Ambur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1953	Tiffin, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 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

1799 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1953. 1953 had 330 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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	203
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1