Weather Records on 12 May 1954

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1954. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 May 1954

On 12 May 1954, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 304 daily.
Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 12 May 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 12 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goose Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 12 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1954

Top 20 records on 12 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1954	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1954	Durham, GB	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Luling, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Calmar, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Goose Creek, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Moran India, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1954	Marshall, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Malvern, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Quebec, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Rosedale, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Alvin, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1954	Ruston la Tech, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	27 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

1814 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1954. 1954 had 305 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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	230
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1