Weather Records on 21 August 1953

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1953. Highest significance: Pertabpur, IN.

Key Facts for 21 August 1953

On 21 August 1953, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 323 daily.
Pertabpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 208.8 mm (8.2 in) on 21 August 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 21 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pertabpur	India	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	282.2 mm (11.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thasra	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 21 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1953

Top 20 records on 21 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1953	Pertabpur, IN	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1953	Hatch, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Mykland, NO	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Kadipur, IN	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Gonda, IN	daily rain	282.2 mm (11.1 in)	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Ricardo, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Amethi, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Allahabad Chailk, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Siwan, IN	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Sagrampur, IN	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Bikapur, IN	all-time rain	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Madhipura, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1953	Titusville, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	39 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

1800 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1953. 1953 had 331 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	222
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1