Weather Records on 1 December 1953

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1953. Highest significance: Skukuza, ZA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1953

On 1 December 1953, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 263 daily.
Skukuza set a monthly record daily precipitation of 170.0 mm (6.7 in) on 1 December 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 1 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1953

Top 20 records on 1 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1953	Skukuza, ZA	monthly rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Yandil, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Uitenhage, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	10.3 C (50.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Bulken, NO	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1953	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Timovskoe, RU	monthly high max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Bell Store, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Buzau, RO	monthly high max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1953	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	67 years	29 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

1797 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 283 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	204
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1