Weather Records on 14 September 1953

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1953. Highest significance: Mulgrave Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1953

On 14 September 1953, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 666 daily.
Mulgrave Mill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 14 September 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 14 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 14 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1953

Top 20 records on 14 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1953	Mulgrave Mill, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1953	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1953	Babinda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Amchong(Sonepur), IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Ben Lomond, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Mvenyane, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1953	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	42 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

1814 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1953. 1953 had 680 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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Data for records on 1953-09-14: 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	479
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2