Weather Records on 12 August 1953

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1953. Highest significance: Akola, IN.

Key Facts for 12 August 1953

On 12 August 1953, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 226 daily.
Akola set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 12 August 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

227 stations

227 station records on 12 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 12 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1953

Top 20 records on 12 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1953	Akola, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1953	Sabalgarh, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1953	Berinag, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1953	Hagansport, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1953	Mussoorie, IN	daily rain	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1953	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Nuguru(Venkitapu), IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Walnut Creek, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Westcliffe, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Logan, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Ada, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Shirala, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1953	Ghoda Ambegaon, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	23 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 227 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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Data for records on 1953-08-12: 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	156
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2