Weather Records on 21 September 1953

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1953. Highest significance: Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 21 September 1953

On 21 September 1953, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 355 daily.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 21 September 1953.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 21 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narayangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 21 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1953

Top 20 records on 21 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1953	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1953	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1953	Nugent, AU	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Cambridge (Milford), AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Southport, AU	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Warburton, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Mount Nelson, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Eltham, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Walwa, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	Marysville (Post Office), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1953	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	44 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

1805 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1953. 1953 had 382 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	591
2026	478

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Data for records on 1953-09-21: 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 10	230
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2