Weather Records on 22 April 1954

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1954. Highest significance: Sturt Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 22 April 1954

On 22 April 1954, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 540 daily.
Sturt Creek set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 22 April 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 22 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 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

22 April 1954

Top 20 records on 22 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1954	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Groot Constantia, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Mandakata, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Tiruppur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Quebec, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Riva, IT	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Beardstown, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Kenton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1954	Eldon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1954	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	34 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

1800 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1954. 1954 had 545 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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	402
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2