Weather Records on 10 December 1953

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1953. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 10 December 1953

On 10 December 1953, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 402 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 10 December 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 10 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Heart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 10 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 10 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 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

10 December 1953

Top 20 records on 10 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1953	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Kasane, BW	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Le Claire, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Kingston, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Clinton 2, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Falls Village, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1953	Bronkhorstfontein, ZA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1953	Richland, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1953	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1953	Morrisburg, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1953	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	69 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 408 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	278
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	1