Weather Records on 11 October 1953

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1953. Highest significance: Capel, AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1953

On 11 October 1953, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 393 daily.
Capel set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 11 October 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 11 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chirelillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tinkurrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kulin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 393.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1953

Top 20 records on 11 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1953	Capel, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1953	Quindalup, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1953	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Redlands, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Bathurst, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Narrawong, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Sub-Nigel (Gm), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	New Market, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Benalla, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Janwada, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Chirelillup, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Corrigin, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Kwobrup, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Hillcroft, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1953	Cape Naturaliste, AU	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	41 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 408 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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	271
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2