Weather Records on 28 January 1954

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1954. Highest significance: Moorook, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1954

On 28 January 1954, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 777 daily.
Moorook set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 28 January 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 28 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boisdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mehama	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veitch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingoonya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1954

Top 20 records on 28 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1954	Moorook, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Urana (Cocketgedong), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Hamilton (Uralla), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Blinman, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Boisdale, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Masset Airport, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Pinnaroo, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Berlin, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Mehama, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Wilpena Head Station, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Veitch, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Ganmain (Dullah Dullah), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Laura, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1954	Wilsons Patch, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 781 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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Data for records on 1954-01-28: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	679
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1