Weather Records on 4 October 1953

358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1953. Highest significance: Malegaon, IN.

Key Facts for 4 October 1953

On 4 October 1953, 358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 347 daily.
Malegaon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.6 mm (4.7 in) on 4 October 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

358 stations

358 station records on 4 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

358 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1953

Top 20 records on 4 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1953	Malegaon, IN	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1953	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Le Roy, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	La Harpe, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Dharmavaram, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Brownwood 2NE, US	all-time rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Bellary, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Seymour 3NW, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1953	Santa Paula, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Comanche, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Lingasugur, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Macomb, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1953	Evanston 1 E, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	32 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

1795 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 358 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	238
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1