Weather Records on 23 July 1953

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1953. Highest significance: Miles City, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1953

On 23 July 1953, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 647 daily.
Miles City set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 23 July 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 23 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 488.

Records on 23 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	488
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1953

Top 20 records on 23 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1953	Miles City, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1953	Clear Spring 1 ENE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Joshimath, IN	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Kaimganj, IN	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Kingston, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Mill Bay, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Rexton, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Beaver, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Sahaswan, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Norwalk, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Tiffin, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Franklinton, US	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Barjarg, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Hardoi, IN	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1953	Fort William, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 660 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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Data for records on 1953-07-23: 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	511
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1