Weather Records on 1 November 1953

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1953. Highest significance: Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU.

Key Facts for 1 November 1953

On 1 November 1953, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 287 daily.
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House) set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 1 November 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 1 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acacia Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woolooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 16.

Records on 1 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1953

Top 20 records on 1 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1953	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Irapuato, MX	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Acacia Vale, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1953	Pilga, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Fernie, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Rothamsted, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Gympie, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Lakeside, US	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Nylsvley, ZA	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Tres Piedras, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Tejon Rancho, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	Woolooga Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1953	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	20 years	27 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 306 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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	219
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1