Weather Records on 3 November 1953

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1953. Highest significance: Longwarry, AU.

Key Facts for 3 November 1953

On 3 November 1953, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 347 daily.
Longwarry set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 3 November 1953.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 3 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loretta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 3 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1953

Top 20 records on 3 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1953	Longwarry, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Bagdad, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Osterley, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Yannathan, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Franklin, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Drouin West, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Sassafras Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Ormley, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Montrose, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1953	Petcheys Bay, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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

1821 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1953. 1953 had 351 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-11-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	214
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1