Weather Records on 23 October 1953

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1953. Highest significance: Crested Butte, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1953

On 23 October 1953, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 367 daily.
Crested Butte set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 23 October 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 23 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tulabada	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Trumbull	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1953

Top 20 records on 23 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1953	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Rico, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Temple, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Ames, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Woodsboro, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Collbran, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Okemah, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Shawnee, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Salida, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Rifle, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Hobbs, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Henrietta, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	McGregor, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1953	Salida, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1953	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1953	Cedaredge, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1953	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1953	Weatherford, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	33 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

1795 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 373 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 50	285
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1