Weather Records on 4 August 1953

1,017 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1953. Highest significance: Jafrabad, IN.

Key Facts for 4 August 1953

On 4 August 1953, 1,017 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,002 daily.
Jafrabad set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 4 August 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,017 stations

1,017 station records on 4 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,017 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 712.

Records on 4 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	712
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 1,002.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

869 broken records

Margins by which the 869 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1953

Top 20 records on 4 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1953	Jafrabad, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1953	Kallara, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Ambagarh Chowki, IN	daily rain	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Petrun, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Kunghari, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Conway Station, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Barkly, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Beawar Nayanagar, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	S Haven, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Nakodar, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1953	Landsborough, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 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 1,017 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 1953-08-04: 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	818
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1