Weather Records on 7 October 1953

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1953. Highest significance: Sasvad, IN.

Key Facts for 7 October 1953

On 7 October 1953, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 519 daily.
Sasvad set an all-time record daily precipitation of 161.0 mm (6.3 in) on 7 October 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 7 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 7 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1953

Top 20 records on 7 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1953	Sasvad, IN	all-time rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Edmundston, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Causapscal, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Chintamani, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Delegate Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Grand Falls, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Malur, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Paramathi, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Tilba Tilba, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Kalyandrug, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Palamner, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Vayalpad, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Dodballapur, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1953	Belleville, CA	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1953	Ghatsila Sr, IN	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1953	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	34 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

1802 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 524 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 50	394
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1