Weather Records on 28 November 1953

277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1953. Highest significance: Ouse (Millbrook), AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1953

On 28 November 1953, 277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 264 daily.
Ouse (Millbrook) set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 28 November 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

277 stations

277 station records on 28 November 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surubim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landscape Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

277 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 November 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 November 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1953

Top 20 records on 28 November 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1953	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Propria, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Escada, BR	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Ismailia, EG	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1953	Osterley, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Junqueiro, BR	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Akhty, RU	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Lagarto, BR	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	El Suez, EG	monthly low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Creston, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Wihareja, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Almaty, KZ	monthly rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1953	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 277 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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	208
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1