Weather Records on 11 November 1953

396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1953. Highest significance: Kharsawan, IN.

Key Facts for 11 November 1953

On 11 November 1953, 396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 391 daily.
Kharsawan set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 11 November 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

396 stations

396 station records on 11 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

396 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 11 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 11 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 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

11 November 1953

Top 20 records on 11 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1953	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1953	Purulia, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1953	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1953	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1953	Ghatsila Sr, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Manbazar, IN	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Saraikela, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Chardzhev, TM	daily low min	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Dantan, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Kaslo, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Raghunathpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Zharkent, KZ	daily low min	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	10.4 C (18.7 F)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Irapuato, MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Bamfield, CA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1953	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	26 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 396 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	283
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1