Weather Records on 20 August 1953

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1953. Highest significance: Allahabad Chailk, IN.

Key Facts for 20 August 1953

On 20 August 1953, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 430 daily.
Allahabad Chailk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 326.9 mm (12.9 in) on 20 August 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 20 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	326.9 mm (12.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	332.7 mm (13.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	263.9 mm (10.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montoya 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 20 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1953

Top 20 records on 20 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1953	Allahabad Chailk, IN	all-time rain	326.9 mm (12.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 August 1953	Mau, IN	all-time rain	332.7 mm (13.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 August 1953	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Sujangarh, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Bhimnagar, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Kunda, IN	daily rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Karchana, IN	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Khaga, IN	all-time rain	263.9 mm (10.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Temple, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Karwi, IN	all-time rain	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Surat, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Utleyville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Garotha, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1953	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	38 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

1797 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 441 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	288
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1