Weather Records on 20 September 1953

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1953. Highest significance: Lunawanna, AU.

Key Facts for 20 September 1953

On 20 September 1953, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 469 daily.
Lunawanna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 20 September 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 20 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 305.

Records on 20 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1953

Top 20 records on 20 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1953	Lunawanna, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1953	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Franklinville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Petcheys Bay, AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Wildeperdehoek, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Experiment, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Loch, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Robeville, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Hubli, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Franklin, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Madurai, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1953	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	45 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

1812 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1953. 1953 had 479 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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	286
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2