Weather Records on 14 November 1953

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1953. Highest significance: Skukuza, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 November 1953

On 14 November 1953, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
685 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 829 daily.
Skukuza set a daily record precipitation of 138.0 mm (5.4 in) on 14 November 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 14 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 516, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	516
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 829.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1953

Top 20 records on 14 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1953	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Emerson, CA	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	King City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Merced, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1953	Orland, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Glenns Ferry, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	East Park Rsvr, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Ranchi, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1953	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 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

1801 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1953. 1953 had 849 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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	655
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1