Weather Records on 31 December 1953

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1953. Highest significance: Kilpuri, IN.

Key Facts for 31 December 1953

On 31 December 1953, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 404 daily.
Kilpuri set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 31 December 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 31 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cotter River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 31 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1953

Top 20 records on 31 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1953	Kilpuri, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1953	Buxar, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Cotter River, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Ismailia, EG	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Tullamore (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Haldwani, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Patti, IN	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1953	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Emerson, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Hope Little Mountain, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Tilba Tilba, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Nogales, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1953	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 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

1797 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 410 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 25	327
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1