Weather Records on 12 December 1953

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1953. Highest significance: Kommissiepoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 December 1953

On 12 December 1953, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 280 daily.
Kommissiepoort set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 12 December 1953.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 12 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 12 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 12 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1953

Top 20 records on 12 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1953	Kommissiepoort, ZA	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Mill Holme, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Rietbron (Mun), ZA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Santuck, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Wheatlands, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1953	Britton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Enterprise, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Selma, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Laurel, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1953	Greenville, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	30 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 288 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	222
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1