Weather Records on 7 August 1954

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1954. Highest significance: Nhill (Woorak), AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1954

On 7 August 1954, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 574 daily.
Nhill (Woorak) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 7 August 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 7 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woornack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Csiro Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Srwsc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 380.

Records on 7 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1954

Top 20 records on 7 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1954	Nhill (Woorak), AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1954	Fairmont, US	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1954	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Dhandhuka, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Wahoo, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Beatrice, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Srungavarapukota, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Inverness 3 SE, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Sakri, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Pimpelner, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Woornack, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1954	Ambah, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	46 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

1808 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1954. 1954 had 589 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 August 1954
Margin	Records
0 to 20	460
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4