Weather Records on 3 October 1953

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1953. Highest significance: Beaufort West (Met), ZA.

Key Facts for 3 October 1953

On 3 October 1953, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 601 daily.
Beaufort West (Met) set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 3 October 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 3 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 3 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1953

Top 20 records on 3 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1953	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1953	Badvel, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Uttamachipura, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Multai, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Kurundwad, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Putbus, DE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Mangaon, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1953	Upper Sandusky, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Holy Cross, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Lexington 3E, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Oberlin, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Evanston 1 E, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Parola, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	San Pedro, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Petoskey, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Trenton, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1953	Langet, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1834 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1953. 1953 had 645 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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Data for records on 1953-10-03: 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	433
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1