Weather Records on 9 May 1954

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1954. Highest significance: Manchester, US.

Key Facts for 9 May 1954

On 9 May 1954, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 480 daily.
Manchester set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 9 May 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 9 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 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

9 May 1954

Top 20 records on 9 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1954	Manchester, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1954	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1954	Durham, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1954	Franklin, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Brockton, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Kingston, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Lowell, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Middleboro, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Lawrence, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Taunton, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Kherson, UA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Spot Pond, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Bikin, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1954	Rumford, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	36 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 489 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	375
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1