1953

421 tornadoes, 8 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 5 notable earthquakes. 62 tornadoes were rated F3/EF3 or stronger and tornadoes killed 523.

01

Tornadoes

421 recorded; 62 rated F3/EF3 or stronger.

1. Oklahoma53
2. Nebraska44
3. Texas32
4. Kansas30
5. Iowa24
6. Mississippi22
7. Alabama22
8. Florida21

Outbreak days

• Jun 8, 195312 tornadoes, 142 killed

Strongest and deadliest first

Tornadoes in 1953

Date	Rating	Where	Path, mi	Killed
Jun 8, 1953	F5	Genesee, Lapeer	18.9	116
May 11, 1953	F5	McLennan	20.9	114
Dec 5, 1953	F5	Warren	9.0	38
May 29, 1953	F5	Morton, Emmons	14.8	2
Jun 27, 1953	F5	Adair	0.1	1
Jun 9, 1953	F4	Worcester	34.9	94
Apr 30, 1953	F4	Houston	1.0	18
Jun 8, 1953	F4	Lorain, Cuyahoga, Henry	118.0	17
Mar 13, 1953	F4	Haskell, Knox	13.9	17
May 11, 1953	F4	Tom Green	9.9	13
Jun 7, 1953	F4	Sherman, Valley	15.0	11
Dec 3, 1953	F4	Vernon, Rapides, Grant	85.5	9
May 1, 1953	F4	Clay	12.1	7
Jun 8, 1953	F4	Monroe	5.4	4
May 2, 1953	F4	Meigs, McMinn	4.2	4
May 10, 1953	F4	Howard, Fillmore, Olmsted	162.0	2
May 21, 1953	F4	St. Clair	10.0	2
Apr 28, 1953	F4	Bexar	1.0	2
May 1, 1953	F4	Choctaw	0.1	2
Jun 8, 1953	F4	Lapeer, St. Clair	33.8	0
May 10, 1953	F4	Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Worth	26.6	0
May 10, 1953	F4	Wayne	6.4	0
Apr 18, 1953	F3	Lee, Muscogee	39.8	8
May 9, 1953	F3	Thayer, Fillmore, Saline	46.9	5
Apr 9, 1953	F3	Champaign, Vermilion, Tipton	156.7	3
Mar 13, 1953	F3	Love, Carter, Johnston	45.3	2
Feb 6, 1953	F3	Livingston, Tangipahoa	15.6	2
May 20, 1953	F3	Howard, Story, Hardin	116.1	1
Jun 8, 1953	F3	Washtenaw	11.3	1
May 16, 1953	F3	Houston	5.2	1
Apr 28, 1953	F3	Hays	4.9	1
Apr 30, 1953	F3	Twiggs	2.0	1
Mar 13, 1953	F3	Grady	1.0	1
Feb 20, 1953	F3	Colbert	0.1	1
May 10, 1953	F3	Chase, Morris, Lyon	52.2	0
May 17, 1953	F3	Richland, West Carroll, East Carroll	41.6	0
Mar 14, 1953	F3	Logan, Johnson	40.1	0
May 20, 1953	F3	Linn, Jones	38.6	0
Mar 21, 1953	F3	Emmet	31.8	0
Jun 7, 1953	F3	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Humboldt	30.7	0
Mar 15, 1953	F3	Nash, Wilson, Edgecombe	30.1	0
Jun 9, 1953	F3	Worcester, Norfolk, Bristol	28.0	0
Mar 14, 1953	F3	Madison	24.7	0
Dec 3, 1953	F3	Issaquena, Sharkey	18.8	0
Jun 5, 1953	F3	Garvin, Murray	16.9	0
May 9, 1953	F3	Republic	13.5	0
Mar 14, 1953	F3	Yell, Pope	12.2	0
Oct 20, 1953	F3	Otero	11.9	0
Jun 5, 1953	F3	Dundy	9.8	0
May 24, 1953	F3	Wibaux	9.3	0
Jun 8, 1953	F3	Livingston, Oakland	9.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F3	Boone	8.0	0
May 10, 1953	F3	Clayton	6.6	0
Jan 23, 1953	F3	Clarke	6.5	0
Dec 1, 1953	F3	Guadalupe	5.1	0
Dec 2, 1953	F3	Lee	3.3	0
Jun 8, 1953	F3	Alcona	1.8	0
Jan 20, 1953	F3	Walker	1.5	0
Jun 9, 1953	F3	Rockingham	1.5	0
Apr 28, 1953	F3	Bastrop	0.5	0
Apr 6, 1953	F3	Jefferson	0.5	0
Apr 23, 1953	F3	Crawford	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Freeborn	6.9	6
May 10, 1953	F2	Washburn, Douglas, Pierce	105.7	4
Jun 8, 1953	F2	Iosco	16.6	4
Mar 22, 1953	F2	Caldwell, Richland, East Carroll	234.7	2
Dec 2, 1953	F2	Washington	0.1	2
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Prentiss	3.3	1
Apr 23, 1953	F2	Okmulgee	1.5	1
Apr 23, 1953	F2	McCurtain	0.8	1
Apr 30, 1953	F2	Twiggs	0.5	1
Mar 21, 1953	F2	Stearns	0.1	1
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Madison, Warren, Polk	116.0	0
Apr 24, 1953	F2	Jefferson, Claiborne, Copiah	96.7	0
Jun 2, 1953	F2	Sheridan, Cherry	80.0	0
Dec 5, 1953	F2	Union, Morehouse, Ashley	58.3	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Ida, Sac, Pocahontas	49.2	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Webster, Hamilton, Wright	49.0	0
Jan 22, 1953	F2	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	45.2	0
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Washington, Jefferson, Marion	42.3	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Sumner, Ness, Grant	38.8	0
May 28, 1953	F2	Weston	38.2	0
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Stone, Izard	36.2	0
Jun 23, 1953	F2	Dawson	33.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Pierce, Cedar	31.0	0
Mar 22, 1953	F2	Dyer	30.1	0
May 16, 1953	F2	Natchitoches, Winn	28.5	0
Jun 14, 1953	F2	Jackson	27.7	0
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Haywood	24.8	0
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Chester, Henderson	24.0	0
Mar 13, 1953	F2	Grady	23.6	0
May 16, 1953	F2	Jackson	22.5	0
May 16, 1953	F2	Acadia, St. Landry	21.7	0
Nov 21, 1953	F2	Lafayette, St. Martin	20.4	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Greeley	20.1	0
May 14, 1953	F2	Clay, Monroe	18.7	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Pope	17.0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Madison	16.6	0
Apr 14, 1953	F2	Canadian, Grady	16.2	0
Jun 2, 1953	F2	Grant, Hooker	15.0	0
Feb 20, 1953	F2	Pontotoc	14.2	0
Mar 21, 1953	F2	Tama	11.7	0
Apr 29, 1953	F2	Lincoln	11.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Plymouth	11.3	0
Dec 5, 1953	F2	Union	9.7	0
Jan 8, 1953	F2	Florence	9.6	0
May 4, 1953	F2	Noxubee	9.6	0
May 11, 1953	F2	Leon	9.5	0
Jan 9, 1953	F2	Hillsborough	9.2	0
May 4, 1953	F2	Alcorn	8.8	0
Jun 19, 1953	F2	Marion, Dickinson	8.8	0
Dec 6, 1953	F2	Leon	8.4	0
Dec 5, 1953	F2	Coahoma	8.2	0
Jun 27, 1953	F2	Mahaska	7.8	0
Jun 15, 1953	F2	Day, Marshall	7.6	0
Feb 20, 1953	F2	Franklin	7.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Butler	6.9	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Custer, Sherman, Valley	6.6	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Hamilton	6.6	0
Apr 9, 1953	F2	Logan	6.5	0
May 17, 1953	F2	St. Joseph	6.4	0
Jul 17, 1953	F2	Orleans	6.4	0
Jun 2, 1953	F2	Dewey	5.9	0
Nov 19, 1953	F2	Anderson	5.6	0
Apr 30, 1953	F2	Bibb	5.6	0
Jun 5, 1953	F2	Saginaw	5.6	0
May 30, 1953	F2	Stutsman	5.4	0
Sep 12, 1953	F2	Northumberland, Schuylkill	4.7	0
Jan 7, 1953	F2	Cleveland	4.5	0
Oct 23, 1953	F2	Nueces	4.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Washington	4.1	0
May 29, 1953	F2	Cass	3.6	0
Jan 8, 1953	F2	Talladega	3.0	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Pope	2.3	0
Oct 20, 1953	F2	Otero	2.0	0
Nov 22, 1953	F2	Erie	2.0	0
Dec 6, 1953	F2	Henry	2.0	0
Mar 12, 1953	F2	Panola	2.0	0
Mar 13, 1953	F2	McClain	2.0	0
Apr 16, 1953	F2	Pitt, Beaufort	2.0	0
May 19, 1953	F2	Glenn	2.0	0
May 2, 1953	F2	Emporia city	2.0	0
Jun 12, 1953	F2	Campbell	2.0	0
Mar 18, 1953	F2	Allen	1.9	0
May 29, 1953	F2	Clark	1.9	0
May 30, 1953	F2	Indiana, Westmoreland	1.9	0
Aug 2, 1953	F2	Gage	1.9	0
Dec 2, 1953	F2	Wharton	1.5	0
May 1, 1953	F2	Chilton	1.5	0
May 4, 1953	F2	Smith	1.5	0
May 9, 1953	F2	Dawson	1.5	0
Mar 13, 1953	F2	Cleveland	1.3	0
Dec 3, 1953	F2	Winn	1.0	0
Dec 4, 1953	F2	Cobb	1.0	0
Feb 20, 1953	F2	Washington	1.0	0
Mar 22, 1953	F2	Lauderdale	1.0	0
Apr 18, 1953	F2	Macon	1.0	0
Apr 23, 1953	F2	McCurtain	1.0	0
Apr 24, 1953	F2	Miller	1.0	0
May 17, 1953	F2	Roanoke	1.0	0
Jun 17, 1953	F2	Conejos	1.0	0
Jul 15, 1953	F2	Coke	1.0	0
May 2, 1953	F2	Anderson, Knox	0.8	0
Feb 20, 1953	F2	Walker	0.7	0
Jan 20, 1953	F2	Warren	0.5	0
Feb 20, 1953	F2	Marion	0.5	0
May 18, 1953	F2	Allen	0.5	0
May 29, 1953	F2	Corson	0.5	0
Jul 25, 1953	F2	Blue Earth	0.5	0
Mar 14, 1953	F2	Weakley	0.3	0
Apr 14, 1953	F2	Atoka	0.3	0
Apr 30, 1953	F2	Marion	0.3	0
Dec 2, 1953	F2	Brazos	0.2	0
Apr 18, 1953	F2	Marion	0.2	0
Nov 22, 1953	F2	Bay	0.1	0
Nov 23, 1953	F2	Lancaster	0.1	0
Dec 21, 1953	F2	Bay	0.1	0
Mar 13, 1953	F2	Le Flore	0.1	0
Mar 18, 1953	F2	Mobile	0.1	0
Apr 12, 1953	F2	Bay	0.1	0
Apr 27, 1953	F2	Stanislaus	0.1	0
Apr 4, 1953	F2	Stone	0.1	0
Apr 6, 1953	F2	Bay	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Tama	0.1	0
May 27, 1953	F2	Stevens	0.1	0
May 29, 1953	F2	Ford	0.1	0
May 29, 1953	F2	Richland	0.1	0
Jun 13, 1953	F2	Preble	0.1	0
Jun 13, 1953	F2	Williams	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1953	F2	Jackson	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1953	F2	Wayne	0.1	0
Jun 21, 1953	F2	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 27, 1953	F2	Traill	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F2	Pontotoc	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Graham	0.1	0
Aug 11, 1953	F2	Wichita, Clay	0.1	0
Mar 22, 1953	F1	Lauderdale, Simpson, Smith	101.3	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Sumner, Ness	42.5	0
Dec 2, 1953	F1	Carter, Murray	31.4	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Butler	22.7	0
Feb 20, 1953	F1	Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Lee	21.3	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Martin, Watonwan	19.1	0
Feb 20, 1953	F1	Carroll, Grenada	16.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Franklin	15.0	0
Mar 21, 1953	F1	Monona	10.9	0
Jun 30, 1953	F1	Ontonagon	10.9	0
Jul 7, 1953	F1	Garden	10.8	0
Jul 26, 1953	F1	Platte, Colfax	9.9	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Richardson	9.7	0
Jun 18, 1953	F1	McCook	9.3	0
Mar 21, 1953	F1	Coahoma	9.0	0
Jul 28, 1953	F1	Sioux	8.6	0
Jan 20, 1953	F1	Tift	8.3	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Pierce	8.2	0
Aug 1, 1953	F1	Franklin	7.7	0
Jun 11, 1953	F1	Niobrara	7.2	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Cowley, Elk	6.9	0
May 9, 1953	F1	Clark, Hamlin	6.8	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Mitchell	6.6	0
May 4, 1953	F1	Stone	6.2	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Grady	6.1	0
May 17, 1953	F1	Fauquier	5.9	0
Aug 17, 1953	F1	Adams	5.7	0
Aug 7, 1953	F1	Georgetown	5.4	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Murray	4.7	0
Jun 13, 1953	F1	Pittsylvania	4.5	0
May 31, 1953	F1	Colleton	4.3	0
Jul 3, 1953	F1	Saunders	4.3	0
Aug 2, 1953	F1	Marshall	4.1	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Harmon	3.6	0
Jun 22, 1953	F1	Chester	3.6	0
Mar 18, 1953	F1	Adams	3.3	0
Mar 31, 1953	F1	Henry	3.0	0
Jun 1, 1953	F1	Orangeburg	3.0	0
Dec 13, 1953	F1	Duval	2.7	0
Dec 2, 1953	F1	Angelina	2.7	0
May 16, 1953	F1	Morris	2.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Boone, Hamilton	2.3	0
Nov 19, 1953	F1	Murray	2.0	0
Apr 13, 1953	F1	St. Lucie	2.0	0
Apr 15, 1953	F1	Clermont	2.0	0
May 11, 1953	F1	Garvin	2.0	0
May 18, 1953	F1	St. Helena	2.0	0
Jun 20, 1953	F1	Oneida	2.0	0
Jun 5, 1953	F1	Washington	2.0	0
Aug 4, 1953	F1	Lawrence	2.0	0
May 9, 1953	F1	Beadle	1.9	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Woods	1.9	0
Dec 2, 1953	F1	Pottawatomie	1.5	0
Apr 15, 1953	F1	Madison	1.5	0
May 9, 1953	F1	Wayne	1.5	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Webster	1.5	0
Jun 21, 1953	F1	Chittenden	1.5	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Garvin	1.3	0
Oct 25, 1953	F1	Calcasieu	1.0	0
Nov 21, 1953	F1	St. Charles	1.0	0
Mar 29, 1953	F1	Comanche	1.0	0
Apr 15, 1953	F1	Henderson	1.0	0
Apr 30, 1953	F1	Peach	1.0	0
May 26, 1953	F1	Prince George's	1.0	0
May 2, 1953	F1	Assumption	1.0	0
Jun 22, 1953	F1	Beaver	1.0	0
Jun 9, 1953	F1	Strafford	1.0	0
Jul 2, 1953	F1	Anne Arundel	1.0	0
Jul 6, 1953	F1	Okmulgee	1.0	0
Aug 10, 1953	F1	Clay	1.0	0
Sep 22, 1953	F1	Brevard	1.0	0
Jul 21, 1953	F1	York	0.7	0
Oct 23, 1953	F1	Travis	0.5	0
Jan 8, 1953	F1	Dallas	0.5	0
Jan 9, 1953	F1	Hernando	0.5	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Love	0.5	0
Apr 12, 1953	F1	Blount	0.5	0
Apr 15, 1953	F1	Haywood	0.5	0
Apr 15, 1953	F1	Weakley	0.5	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Allen	0.5	0
May 23, 1953	F1	Schuylkill	0.5	0
Jan 20, 1953	F1	Harris	0.4	0
Apr 9, 1953	F1	Lane	0.4	0
Jun 5, 1953	F1	Blaine	0.4	0
Nov 18, 1953	F1	Garvin	0.3	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Stephens	0.3	0
Jul 9, 1953	F1	Lincoln	0.3	0
Mar 14, 1953	F1	Lincoln	0.2	0
Mar 14, 1953	F1	Dyer	0.2	0
Mar 14, 1953	F1	Lauderdale	0.2	0
Mar 31, 1953	F1	Bates	0.2	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Texas	0.2	0
May 29, 1953	F1	Sheridan	0.2	0
May 4, 1953	F1	Marion	0.2	0
Jun 24, 1953	F1	Noble	0.2	0
Jun 6, 1953	F1	Penobscot	0.2	0
Jul 24, 1953	F1	Goshen	0.2	0
Aug 2, 1953	F1	Sumner	0.2	0
Nov 19, 1953	F1	Muskogee	0.1	0
Dec 6, 1953	F1	Henry	0.1	0
Jan 20, 1953	F1	Blount	0.1	0
Jan 9, 1953	F1	Lake	0.1	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Rusk	0.1	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Nacogdoches	0.1	0
Feb 19, 1953	F1	Marshall	0.1	0
Feb 20, 1953	F1	Prairie	0.1	0
Mar 14, 1953	F1	Parke	0.1	0
Mar 21, 1953	F1	Woodbury	0.1	0
Apr 14, 1953	F1	Clay	0.1	0
Apr 23, 1953	F1	McCurtain	0.1	0
Apr 24, 1953	F1	Iowa	0.1	0
Apr 28, 1953	F1	Pushmataha	0.1	0
Apr 28, 1953	F1	York	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1953	F1	Pender, Onslow, Jones	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Seward	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Greer	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Greer	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Custer	0.1	0
May 11, 1953	F1	Pittsburg	0.1	0
May 14, 1953	F1	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 18, 1953	F1	Carter	0.1	0
May 24, 1953	F1	Iowa	0.1	0
May 26, 1953	F1	Buffalo	0.1	0
May 27, 1953	F1	Decatur	0.1	0
May 27, 1953	F1	Rawlins, Decatur	0.1	0
May 28, 1953	F1	Seward	0.1	0
May 29, 1953	F1	Spink	0.1	0
May 29, 1953	F1	Hall	0.1	0
May 31, 1953	F1	Swisher	0.1	0
May 1, 1953	F1	Jefferson	0.1	0
Jun 10, 1953	F1	Washington	0.1	0
Jun 13, 1953	F1	Tippecanoe	0.1	0
Jun 18, 1953	F1	Pinellas	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1953	F1	Wichita	0.1	0
Jun 24, 1953	F1	Meade	0.1	0
Jun 27, 1953	F1	Montgomery	0.1	0
Jun 27, 1953	F1	Warren	0.1	0
Jun 4, 1953	F1	Monroe	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Graham	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1953	F1	Deuel	0.1	0
Jul 15, 1953	F1	Cameron	0.1	0
Jul 16, 1953	F1	Albany	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1953	F1	Desha	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1953	F1	Scotts Bluff	0.1	0
Jul 24, 1953	F1	Orange	0.1	0
Jul 26, 1953	F1	Dodge	0.1	0
Jul 30, 1953	F1	Roosevelt	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1953	F1	Wells	0.1	0
Jul 7, 1953	F1	Beckham	0.1	0
Aug 10, 1953	F1	Laramie	0.1	0
Aug 11, 1953	F1	Kiowa	0.1	0
Aug 15, 1953	F1	Harris	0.1	0
Aug 16, 1953	F1	Otero	0.1	0
Aug 8, 1953	F1	Hinds	0.1	0
Aug 9, 1953	F1	Harrison	0.1	0
Sep 17, 1953	F1	Boulder	0.1	0
Sep 20, 1953	F1	Emmet	0.1	0
May 28, 1953	F0	Pennington	20.6	0
Mar 30, 1953	F0	Harper, Sumner	16.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson	12.6	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Graham	10.9	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Franklin	9.0	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Davis, Morgan	8.0	0
Aug 11, 1953	F0	Knox	4.9	0
May 17, 1953	F0	Cherry	4.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Hamilton	4.1	0
May 16, 1953	F0	Caddo	2.0	0
Aug 17, 1953	F0	Douglas	2.0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Dixon	1.5	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Davison	1.5	0
Apr 30, 1953	F0	Washington	1.0	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Wayne	1.0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Dodge	1.0	0
Jul 28, 1953	F0	Nueces	1.0	0
Jul 4, 1953	F0	Cloud	1.0	0
Jul 6, 1953	F0	Alger	1.0	0
Jul 7, 1953	F0	Cumberland	1.0	0
Apr 28, 1953	F0	Valley	0.9	0
Aug 31, 1953	F0	Nueces	0.5	0
Aug 3, 1953	F0	Bates	0.2	0
Oct 9, 1953	F0	Lee	0.1	0
Nov 18, 1953	F0	Canadian	0.1	0
Nov 19, 1953	F0	Kay	0.1	0
Nov 8, 1953	F0	Miami-Dade	0.1	0
Mar 14, 1953	F0	Vigo	0.1	0
Apr 28, 1953	F0	Woodward	0.1	0
Apr 2, 1953	F0	McClain	0.1	0
May 10, 1953	F0	Otoe	0.1	0
May 18, 1953	F0	Cherokee	0.1	0
May 19, 1953	F0	Escambia	0.1	0
May 30, 1953	F0	Stutsman	0.1	0
May 4, 1953	F0	Jefferson	0.1	0
Jun 13, 1953	F0	Renville	0.1	0
Jun 20, 1953	F0	St. Louis	0.1	0
Jun 22, 1953	F0	Wabaunsee	0.1	0
Jun 23, 1953	F0	Dawson	0.1	0
Jun 24, 1953	F0	Kingman	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Pinellas	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Collingsworth	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Harmon	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Kiowa	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1953	F0	Cherokee	0.1	0
Jun 6, 1953	F0	Roger Mills	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Lewis and Clark	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1953	F0	Deuel	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1953	F0	Deuel	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1953	F0	Huron	0.1	0
Jul 14, 1953	F0	Iron	0.1	0
Jul 15, 1953	F0	Sedgwick	0.1	0
Jul 2, 1953	F0	El Paso	0.1	0
Jul 2, 1953	F0	Phillips	0.1	0
Jul 5, 1953	F0	Alcona	0.1	0
Jul 5, 1953	F0	McLean	0.1	0
Jul 8, 1953	F0	Kay	0.1	0
Aug 17, 1953	F0	St. Lucie	0.1	0
Aug 18, 1953	F0	Stearns	0.1	0
Aug 31, 1953	F0	Kimble	0.1	0
Aug 4, 1953	F0	Kiowa	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1953	F0	Furnas	0.1	0
Sep 20, 1953	F0	Miami-Dade	0.1	0

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Tropical cyclones

Storms whose tracks came within 100 miles of a U.S. county.

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1953

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Alice	Tropical storm	8	FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Barbara	Category 1	30	MD, NC, VA
Carol	Category 5	1	ME
Unnamed	Tropical storm	5	FL
Florence	Category 3	26	AL, FL, GA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	3	FL
Hazel	Category 1	18	FL

03

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, strongest first.

Notable earthquakes of 1953

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jun 13, 1953	5.5	near Imperial, CA Imperial CA	3.7
Sep 25, 1953	5.3	near Verdi, Nevada Washoe NV	—
Jan 15, 1953	5.2	near P?hala, Hawaii Hawaii HI	14.9
Mar 21, 1953	5.0	near South Lake Tahoe, California El Dorado CA	—
Dec 15, 1953	5.0	near Portland, Oregon Multnomah OR	—

04

Drought

On average 18% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1953. The worst month was November 1953, with 38%.

Watch it spread, month by month · Every year since 1895 on the drought page

Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, NOAA Storm Events Database, USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, NOAA nClimDiv Palmer Drought Severity Index. Damage is as reported at the time, not adjusted for inflation.