Weather Records on 10 November 1953

437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 November 1953. Highest significance: Purulia, IN.

Key Facts for 10 November 1953

On 10 November 1953, 437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 430 daily.
Purulia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 258.6 mm (10.2 in) on 10 November 1953.
Across 152 earlier years (1835 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 526 records.

Record Map

437 stations

437 station records on 10 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

437 records

Records set or tied on 10 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 10 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 10 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 November 1953

Top 20 records on 10 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 November 1953	Purulia, IN	all-time rain	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1953	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1953	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Khatra, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Sibasa, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Puri, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Tashkent, UZ	daily low min	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Chardzhev, TM	daily low min	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1953	Colfax, US	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Vishnupur, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Fergana, UZ	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Ganca, AZ	daily low max	4.3 C (39.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1953	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	29 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

1835 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1835 to 1953. 1953 had 437 records.

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

Records on 11-10 in each year
Year	Records
1835	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	1
1858	4
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1895	7
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	15
1905	4
1906	7
1907	18
1908	12
1909	20
1910	21
1911	25
1912	20
1913	68
1914	86
1915	38
1916	37
1917	80
1918	25
1919	103
1920	76
1921	114
1922	12
1923	91
1924	129
1925	127
1926	474
1927	299
1928	81
1929	211
1930	203
1931	550
1932	277
1933	611
1934	207
1935	454
1936	390
1937	236
1938	250
1939	422
1940	451
1941	392
1942	344
1943	288
1944	399
1945	895
1946	791
1947	491
1948	570
1949	830
1950	1,313
1951	291
1952	448
1953	437
1954	680
1955	676
1956	797
1957	394
1958	447
1959	230
1960	463
1961	402
1962	558
1963	301
1964	509
1965	358
1966	1,260
1967	397
1968	742
1969	516
1970	604
1971	668
1972	693
1973	957
1974	503
1975	1,348
1976	537
1977	1,088
1978	1,118
1979	1,095
1980	821
1981	1,374
1982	1,364
1983	665
1984	890
1985	1,859
1986	1,542
1987	845
1988	624
1989	1,019
1990	937
1991	1,619
1992	1,000
1993	984
1994	824
1995	1,450
1996	1,164
1997	1,234
1998	1,878
1999	1,610
2000	1,684
2001	948
2002	1,307
2003	637
2004	1,058
2005	1,298
2006	1,153
2007	684
2008	968
2009	851
2010	1,272
2011	904
2012	1,144
2013	338
2014	578
2015	969
2016	1,084
2017	612
2018	1,280
2019	599
2020	2,135
2021	469
2022	1,523
2023	574
2024	491
2025	934

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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	309
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1