Weather Records on 25 November 1953

502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1953. Highest significance: Avon Park 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 25 November 1953

On 25 November 1953, 502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 495 daily.
Avon Park 2 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.5 mm (6.3 in) on 25 November 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

502 stations

502 station records on 25 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

502 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1953

Top 20 records on 25 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1953	Avon Park 2 W, US	monthly rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1953	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Bradenton Exp STN, US	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Bartow 1SE, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Plant City, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Rumford, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Oatlands, ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	St Catharines, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Landrum 1 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Gundiah Railway Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Ouricuri, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Lewiston, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1953	Quebec, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1953	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1953	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	33 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 502 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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 25	390
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1