Weather Records on 10 October 1953

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1953. Highest significance: Bagalkot, IN.

Key Facts for 10 October 1953

On 10 October 1953, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 364 daily.
Bagalkot set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 10 October 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 10 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kulin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 10 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1953

Top 20 records on 10 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1953	Bagalkot, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Vancouver Interst Brg, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Summit, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1953	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Samnanger, NO	monthly rain	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Childers, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Perinthalamanna, IN	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Orleans, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1953	Albany 1 N, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	30 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 371 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	240
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1