Weather Records on 11 August 1954

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1954. Highest significance: Maihar, IN.

Key Facts for 11 August 1954

On 11 August 1954, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 279 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 514 daily.
Maihar set a daily record precipitation of 120.9 mm (4.8 in) on 11 August 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 11 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasan	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaso	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banks Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mogul Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anjar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 11 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1954

Top 20 records on 11 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1954	Maihar, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Gavar, AM	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Diamantina Lakes, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Millinocket, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Springvale, AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Pasan, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Mogoca, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Burenda, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Lambton, CA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Murwara(Kathi), IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1954	Forse, SE	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	47 years	38 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 536 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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	354
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1