Weather Records on 25 October 1953

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1953. Highest significance: Mantova, IT.

Key Facts for 25 October 1953

On 25 October 1953, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 273 daily.
Mantova set a daily record precipitation of 55.7 mm (2.2 in) on 25 October 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 25 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 25 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 273.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1953

Top 20 records on 25 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1953	Mantova, IT	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1953	Jaffirband, IN	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Klipplaat, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Mungallala, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Attur, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Redford, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Champhai, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Palacode, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1953	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1953	Peakvale Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1953	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1953	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1953	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1953	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	31 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

1800 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1953. 1953 had 278 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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	213
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1