Weather Records on 10 September 1953

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1953. Highest significance: Dalu, IN.

Key Facts for 10 September 1953

On 10 September 1953, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 246 daily.
Dalu set a daily record precipitation of 174.2 mm (6.9 in) on 10 September 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 10 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	282.4 mm (11.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 10 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1953

Top 20 records on 10 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1953	Dalu, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	124.9 mm (4.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Kachugaon, IN	daily rain	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Rasra, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Malda, IN	all-time rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Szombathely, HU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1953	Khagaul, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Korba, IN	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Bhagwanpur, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Gumla, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Cherrapunji, IN	daily rain	282.4 mm (11.1 in)	128.7 mm (5.1 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Pailani, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Araria, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Darauli, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Bodalkasa, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1953	Brockton, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	27 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

1812 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1953. 1953 had 250 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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	157
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1