Weather Records on 20 December 1953

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 1953. Highest significance: Sagunbari, IN.

Key Facts for 20 December 1953

On 20 December 1953, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 379 daily.
Sagunbari set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 20 December 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 20 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 1953

Top 20 records on 20 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1953	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 December 1953	Wildeperdehoek, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Izana, ES	daily rain	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Kommissiepoort, ZA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Hebron, ZA	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Tevredenheid, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Detroit, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Basberg, ZA	monthly rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Khosis, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1953	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1953	Pieter Meintjies (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1953	Campestre, BR	daily rain	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 385 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	259
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2