Weather Records on 11 April 1954

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1954. Highest significance: Koolpinyah, AU.

Key Facts for 11 April 1954

On 11 April 1954, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 384 daily.
Koolpinyah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 224.3 mm (8.8 in) on 11 April 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

392 stations

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

Weather records on 11 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.3 mm (8.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Molepolole	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avondale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 11 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1954

Top 20 records on 11 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1954	Koolpinyah, AU	monthly rain	224.3 mm (8.8 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1954	Pearl, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Springvale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Molepolole, BW	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Springfields, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Paola, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Evesham Station, AU	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Coorabulka, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Baratria, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1954	Ilfracombe Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 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

1800 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1954. 1954 had 392 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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	276
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1