Weather Records on 12 October 1953

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1953. Highest significance: Badgebup, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1953

On 12 October 1953, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 247 daily.
Badgebup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 12 October 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 12 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambarmering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmera (Cobdogla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 85.

Records on 12 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1953

Top 20 records on 12 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1953	Badgebup, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Haliyal, IN	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Suri, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Cook, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Tellichery, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Boyanup, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Ambur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1953	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Narrogin, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	19.2 C (66.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Hubli, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Ponnani, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Haveri, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1953	Livingston, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	25 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

1805 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1953. 1953 had 252 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	710

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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 20	162
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1