Weather Records on 10 March 1954

573 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1954. Highest significance: Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU.

Key Facts for 10 March 1954

On 10 March 1954, 573 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
425 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 555 daily.
Mossman South Alchera Drive set a daily record precipitation of 217.4 mm (8.6 in) on 10 March 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

573 stations

573 station records on 10 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tappen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

573 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1954

Top 20 records on 10 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1954	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Tappen, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Ennis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1954	Beowawe, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Cape Race (Aut), CA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Summit, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Julesburg, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	St John's, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Laguna, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Farmville, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1954	Modoc Orchard, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 years	27 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

1807 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1954. 1954 had 573 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	404
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2