Weather Records on 1 January 1954

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1954. Highest significance: Calgary Int'l A, CA.

Key Facts for 1 January 1954

On 1 January 1954, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 488 daily.
Calgary Int'l A set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 1 January 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 1 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhauli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1954

Top 20 records on 1 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1954	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Shahjahanpur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Khol, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Misrikh, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Beaver Mines, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Sahaswan, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Lucknow, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Kheri, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1954	Malihabad, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1798 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1954. 1954 had 493 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 50	417
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1