Weather Records on 18 March 1954

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1954. Highest significance: Yerevan, AM.

Key Facts for 18 March 1954

On 18 March 1954, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 349 daily.
Yerevan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.4 mm (1.4 in) on 18 March 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 18 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartmodder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 18 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 18 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1954

Top 20 records on 18 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1954	Yerevan, AM	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Patan, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Koele 693, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Lead, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Zwartmodder, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Brynawe, Paddock, ZA	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1954	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Gray, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Farias Brito, BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Libode (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Natural Brg, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1954	Ft Valley, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	16 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

1806 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1954. 1954 had 355 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	220
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1