Weather Records on 21 January 1954

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1954. Highest significance: Parksville, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1954

On 21 January 1954, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 463 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,072 daily.
Parksville set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 21 January 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 21 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mc Ghee	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tazewell 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.3 cm (14.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 236, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 227, Heaviest daily rainfall 332, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 21 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	236
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	227
Heaviest daily rainfall	332
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 21 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 15, daily 1,072.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

918 broken records

Margins by which the 918 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1954

Top 20 records on 21 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1954	Parksville, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1954	Mc Ghee, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Uruque, BR	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Tazewell 2 SE, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Acude Cedro, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Charleston, US	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Rock Island 2 NW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Sevierville, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Basti, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Serampore, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Edmonton 3 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1954	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	47 years	44 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 1,094 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	869
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1