Weather Records on 23 February 1954

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1954. Highest significance: Oksoey Fyr, NO.

Key Facts for 23 February 1954

On 23 February 1954, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 633 daily.
Oksoey Fyr set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 23 February 1954.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 23 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido Church Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 306, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	306
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 247.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1954

Top 20 records on 23 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1954	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Teziutlan, MX	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Glacier, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Glacier, CA	daily snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	24.7 cm (9.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Three Hills, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	St Andrews, CA	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Exeter, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Tonteldoos, ZA	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Santa Ana River Ph 1, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1954	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1954	Mahone Bay, CA	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1954	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1954	St John's, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1954	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1954	Cedarville, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 654 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 50	501
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1