Weather Records on 17 August 1953

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1953. Highest significance: Chikhli, IN.

Key Facts for 17 August 1953

On 17 August 1953, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 338 daily.
Chikhli set a daily record precipitation of 183.6 mm (7.2 in) on 17 August 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 17 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajan	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kharaghoda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 17 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1953

Top 20 records on 17 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1953	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Anand, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Las Animas, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Warburton, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Kadayanallur, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Halol, IN	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Olpad, IN	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Wadhwan, IN	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Lunawada, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Byad, IN	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Bhuj Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Kalol, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Ft Stanton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1953	Bajan, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1953	Ozark, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1953	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	32 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

1797 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 345 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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Data for records on 1953-08-17: 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	247
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1