Weather Records on 12 November 1953

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1953. Highest significance: Saraikela, IN.

Key Facts for 12 November 1953

On 12 November 1953, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 405 daily.
Saraikela set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 12 November 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 12 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ranaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 12 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 12 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1953

Top 20 records on 12 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1953	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1953	Barabazar, IN	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1953	Ranaghat, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1953	Dantan, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1953	Zamora (Obs), MX	all-time low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1953	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	8.7 C (47.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Riggins, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Bjuraker, SE	daily high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Tucson WFO, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Mtn Home, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Alturas, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Meridian 1 W, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1953	Tooele, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	25 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

1802 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 413 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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 10	295
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1