Weather Records on 14 August 1954

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1954. Highest significance: Aachen, DE.

Key Facts for 14 August 1954

On 14 August 1954, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 444 daily.
Aachen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.6 mm (2.4 in) on 14 August 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 14 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 14 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1954

Top 20 records on 14 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1954	Aachen, DE	monthly rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1954	Morningside, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1954	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Nive Downs, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Roermond, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	The Grange, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Winterswijk, NL	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Mehgawan, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Muenster, DE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Haldwani, IN	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Maly Uzen', RU	monthly rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1954	Landsdown, IN	daily rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1954	Mt Mee, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	33 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 457 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	324
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2