Weather Records on 11 March 1954

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1954. Highest significance: Wapashoe, CA.

Key Facts for 11 March 1954

On 11 March 1954, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 466 daily.
Wapashoe set a monthly record daily snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 11 March 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 11 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leader	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1954

Top 20 records on 11 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1954	Wapashoe, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1954	Seven Persons, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Summit, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Seven Persons, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Medicine Hat A, CA	all-time snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Denton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	Cedar Lake, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1954	St John's, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Leader, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Sierraville Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low min	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1954	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	29 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 489 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	340
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2