Weather Records on 28 July 1953

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1953. Highest significance: Humansdorp (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 July 1953

On 28 July 1953, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 244 daily.
Humansdorp (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 28 July 1953.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 28 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	276.1 mm (10.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 148.

Records on 28 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 199.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1953

Top 20 records on 28 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1953	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1953	Wausau Record Herald, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1953	Clark, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Faulkton, US	all-time rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Malihabad, IN	daily rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Green Bay, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Jamner, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Bassein, IN	daily rain	276.1 mm (10.9 in)	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Medford, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Lammermoor Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Ahmadnagar, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Bhusaval Sr, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	monthly rain	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Redfield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Jalna, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Rooirivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1953	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 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

1815 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1953. 1953 had 251 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1953-07-28: 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 25	165
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1