Weather Records on 15 August 1953

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1953. Highest significance: Itatira, BR.

Key Facts for 15 August 1953

On 15 August 1953, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 443 daily.
Itatira set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.3 mm (2.8 in) on 15 August 1953.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 15 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Modasa	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 260.

Records on 15 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 443.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1953

Top 20 records on 15 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1953	Itatira, BR	monthly rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1953	Gudalur, IN	daily rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1953	Kingston, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Narasimharajapura, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Eastport, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Khandwa, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Tarikere, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Middleboro, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Plymouth-Kingston, US	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Holyoke, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Natashquan A, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1953	Deolapur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	37 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 449 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	316
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1