Weather Records on 8 July 1954

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1954. Highest significance: Zugspitze, DE.

Key Facts for 8 July 1954

On 8 July 1954, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 475 daily.
Zugspitze set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 8 July 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 8 July 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tazewell 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 8 July 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1954 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 17, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1954

Top 20 records on 8 July 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1954	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Joshimath, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Regensburg, DE	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Suolovuopmi, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Salzburg, AT	all-time rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Titusville, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Laguna, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1954	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	86 years	35 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 497 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 10	324
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2