Weather Records on 24 July 1953

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1953. Highest significance: Harrington Harbour, CA.

Key Facts for 24 July 1953

On 24 July 1953, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 395 daily.
Harrington Harbour set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 24 July 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 24 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 24 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1953

Top 20 records on 24 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1953	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Pennagaram, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Kamuthi, IN	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Khutar, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Srinivaspur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Valapady, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Utah Lake Lehi, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Kodumudi, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Almora, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1953	Brockton, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1953	E Wareham, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1953	Joliette, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1953	Tiruppuvanam, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1953	Frederick, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	33 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 403 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 1953-07-24: 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	286
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1