Weather Records on 15 December 1953

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1953. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 15 December 1953

On 15 December 1953, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 266 daily.
St John's set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 15 December 1953.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 15 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 266.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 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

15 December 1953

Top 20 records on 15 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1953	St John's, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1953	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1953	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1953	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1953	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Zamora (Obs), MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Yalleroi, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Inskip Inn, US	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Marungapuri, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Maquoketa, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Kuturi, IN	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Gagetown 2, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	E Wareham, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Moncton, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Santa Paula, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Eugenia, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1953	Eerstegeluk, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	24 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 270 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	176
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1