Weather Records on 13 September 1953

732 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1953. Highest significance: Waverley, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 September 1953

On 13 September 1953, 732 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 700 daily.
Waverley set an all-time record daily precipitation of 128.3 mm (5.1 in) on 13 September 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

732 stations

732 station records on 13 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kurtha	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silab	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

732 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 13 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1953

Top 20 records on 13 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1953	Waverley, ZA	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Upper Shillong, IN	monthly rain	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Balfour (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1953	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Leliekloof, ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Mill Holme, ZA	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Jahanabad, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Loerie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Badami, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	monthly rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1953	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	47 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 732 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-09-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	518
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1