Weather Records on 27 September 1953

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1953. Highest significance: Yates Hydro Plt, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 1953

On 27 September 1953, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 549 daily.
Yates Hydro Plt set a monthly record daily precipitation of 184.7 mm (7.3 in) on 27 September 1953.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 27 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 27 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1953

Top 20 records on 27 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1953	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Dadeville, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Tamar, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Silli, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Shawnigan Lake, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Union Springs 9 S, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Gola, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Teonthar, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Durham, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1953	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	4 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

1799 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1953. 1953 had 567 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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 20	365
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	1