Weather Records on 8 February 1954

1,111 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1954. Highest significance: Charters Towers Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1954

On 8 February 1954, 1,111 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
896 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,055 daily.
Charters Towers Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 133.6 mm (5.3 in) on 8 February 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,111 stations

1,111 station records on 8 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	307.8 mm (12.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chute A Murdock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kunwarara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	345.4 mm (13.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Timmins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,111 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 595, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	595
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 54, daily 1,055.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

943 broken records

Margins by which the 943 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1954

Top 20 records on 8 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1954	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1954	Woodstock Post Office, AU	daily rain	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1954	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Nebo, AU	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	307.8 mm (12.1 in)	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Abor Downs, AU	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Durham Downs, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Walterhall, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Peakvale Station, AU	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Chute A Murdock, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Logan Downs, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1954	Kunwarara Post Office, AU	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	12 years	39 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 1,111 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 25	877
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1