Weather Records on 14 March 1954

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1954. Highest significance: Theethandathanam, IN.

Key Facts for 14 March 1954

On 14 March 1954, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 580 daily.
Theethandathanam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 14 March 1954.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 14 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 221, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	221
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1954

Top 20 records on 14 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1954	Theethandathanam, IN	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1954	Arasadi, IN	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1954	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Kayatnur, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Kadayam, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Tellichery, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Tiruvadanai, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Sattankulam, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Tirunelveli, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Harrison, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1954	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	42 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

1810 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1954. 1954 had 598 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	478
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1