Weather Records on 14 October 1953

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1953. Highest significance: San Remo, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1953

On 14 October 1953, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 316 daily.
San Remo set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 14 October 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 14 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 90.

Records on 14 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1953

Top 20 records on 14 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1953	San Remo, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1953	Daroca, ES	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1953	Hillston (Willanthry), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1953	Mantova, IT	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1953	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1953	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Mont-Aigoual, FR	monthly rain	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Uttamachipura, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Udhapur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	San German 4 W, PR	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Tada, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Channarayapatna, IN	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Zinder, NE	daily low max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Livingston, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Thomasville, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Cloverdale, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Newton, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1953	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	23 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 318 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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	203
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2