Weather Records on 1 May 1954

1,506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1954. Highest significance: Caledonia, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 1954

On 1 May 1954, 1,506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 812 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 448 monthly and 1,057 daily.
Caledonia set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 1 May 1954.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,506 stations

1,506 station records on 1 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pekisko	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	267.0 mm (10.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenezer (Weltevrede)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,506 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 451, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 361, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 1 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	451
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	361
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 1 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 448, daily 1,057.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,281 broken records

Margins by which the 1,281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1954

Top 20 records on 1 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1954	Caledonia, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1954	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1954	Pekisko, CA	monthly low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Arriba, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Natchez, US	all-time rain	267.0 mm (10.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Williams, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Lundbreck, CA	monthly low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Blackdown, ZA	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	High River, CA	monthly low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Pincher Creek Town, CA	monthly low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Banff, CA	monthly low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Dwars-In-Die-Weg, ZA	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Salida, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1954	Lamar, US	monthly snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	49 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 1,506 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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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 50	1,207
50 to 100	58
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2