Weather Records on 23 August 1953

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1953. Highest significance: Qu'appelle, CA.

Key Facts for 23 August 1953

On 23 August 1953, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 277 daily.
Qu'appelle set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 23 August 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 23 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hunterganj	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palandu	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 154.

Records on 23 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1953

Top 20 records on 23 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1953	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Khaga, IN	daily rain	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Laredo, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Mahul Pnulpur, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Silli, IN	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Kannauj, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Mariahu, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Bilhaur, IN	daily rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Machhlisnahr, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Salon, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Allahabad Chailk, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Macon 2 NE, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Hunterganj, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Jaunpur, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1953	Greensboro, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 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

1802 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 292 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 25	207
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1