Weather Records on 3 September 1953

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1953. Highest significance: Ekaterinburg, RU.

Key Facts for 3 September 1953

On 3 September 1953, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
576 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 685 daily.
Ekaterinburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.7 mm (2.5 in) on 3 September 1953.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 3 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 402, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 148.

Records on 3 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	402
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 147, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1953

Top 20 records on 3 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1953	Ekaterinburg, RU	monthly rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1953	Virginia, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Bugulma, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	126 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Appleton City, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Buckhannon, US	all-time high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Washington, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Ewing, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Kerrville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Mannington 1 N, US	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Lake Cochituate, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Kiruna, SE	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Adams, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Boonton 1 SE, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Everett, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1953	Oakdale, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	36 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

1811 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1953. 1953 had 846 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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 10	541
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1