Weather Records on 5 November 1953

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1953. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 1953

On 5 November 1953, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 582 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 5 November 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

599 stations

599 station records on 5 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1953

Top 20 records on 5 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1953	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1953	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1953	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1953	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Forrest State Forest, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Pitkin, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Bellellen, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Gellibrand River East (Lovat), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1953	Streatham, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 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

1801 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1953. 1953 had 599 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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Data for records on 1953-11-05: 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 20	477
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2