Weather Records on 23 March 1954

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1954. Highest significance: Notinsila (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 23 March 1954

On 23 March 1954, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 462 daily.
Notinsila (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 23 March 1954.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

483 stations

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

Weather records on 23 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Regina	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Young	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reno Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1954

Top 20 records on 23 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1954	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Miami, US	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	San Carlos Rsvr, US	all-time rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Punalur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Regina, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Nedumangad, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Ruby 4 NW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Tropic, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Parasala, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Letjiebos (Sar), ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Kingman, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Pinal Rch, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Laborare, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Jewett Work Ctr, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Big Creek, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Konni, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Young, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Big Creek, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1954	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	39 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 483 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	381
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1