Weather Records on 3 February 1954

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1954. Highest significance: Vantipura, IN.

Key Facts for 3 February 1954

On 3 February 1954, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 740 daily.
Vantipura set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 3 February 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 3 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 3 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

638 broken records

Margins by which the 638 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1954

Top 20 records on 3 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1954	Vantipura, IN	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Loch, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Red Hill South, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Yannathan, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	San Remo, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Silvan, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1954	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	35 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 767 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	595
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2