Weather Records on 22 February 1954

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1954. Highest significance: Riverview Observatory, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 1954

On 22 February 1954, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
518 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 731 daily.
Riverview Observatory set a monthly record daily precipitation of 134.9 mm (5.3 in) on 22 February 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 22 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roseville Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yerranderie (Private Town)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anupshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 65, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1954

Top 20 records on 22 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1954	Riverview Observatory, AU	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Casino Airport, AU	all-time rain	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Enfield, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Roseville Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Gordon Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1954	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Prospect Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Khurja, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	monthly rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Cataract Dam, AU	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1954	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	20 years	52 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

1794 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 798 records.

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

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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	585
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3