Weather Records on 11 December 1953

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1953. Highest significance: Wellwood, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 December 1953

On 11 December 1953, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 153 daily.
Wellwood set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 11 December 1953.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 11 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klipbanksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 11 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 11 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

137 broken records

Margins by which the 137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1953

Top 20 records on 11 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1953	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1953	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Kleindubbelvlei, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Grootdam, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Marydale (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Kommissiepoort, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Bordeaux, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1953	Schriever, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Clearwater, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Pella, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1953	Springvalley, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 157 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	99
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2