Weather Records on 13 October 1953

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1953. Highest significance: Sovetskaja Gavan, RU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1953

On 13 October 1953, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 273 daily.
Sovetskaja Gavan set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 13 October 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 13 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 273.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1953

Top 20 records on 13 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1953	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1953	Skegness, GB	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1953	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1953	Thuckalay, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Driefontein, ZA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Boras, SE	daily high max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Tirukkattupalli, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Morgenrood, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Haina 214, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Sac City, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Academy 2NE, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1953	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	44 years	21 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 275 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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	174
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1