Weather Records on 21 December 1953

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1953. Highest significance: Macon, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 1953

On 21 December 1953, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 254 daily.
Macon set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 21 December 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 21 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ooldea Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koup (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1953

Top 20 records on 21 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1953	Macon, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Campestre, BR	daily rain	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Izana, ES	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Augusta, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1953	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Mosita, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Menno, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Sheldon, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Riva, IT	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Napa State Hospital, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Wagoner, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	Northfield, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1953	El Suez, EG	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	23 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 256 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,100

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-12-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	172
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2