Weather Records on 5 April 1954

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1954. Highest significance: Bella Coola, CA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1954

On 5 April 1954, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 591 daily.
Bella Coola set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 5 April 1954.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 5 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Old Town	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 5 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1954

Top 20 records on 5 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1954	Bella Coola, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1954	Huntsville, CA	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1954	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1954	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Oakland, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Pierce Rs, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Seymour 1 NNW, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Garibaldi, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Rumford, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Hay Springs, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	First Connecticut Lake, US	monthly low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Chelsea, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1954	Old Town, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	19 years	28 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

1809 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1954. 1954 had 605 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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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	451
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1