Weather Records on 22 August 1954

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1954. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 22 August 1954

On 22 August 1954, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 447 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 22 August 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 22 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	519.4 mm (20.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Willogoleche)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 296.

Records on 22 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

392 broken records

Margins by which the 392 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1954

Top 20 records on 22 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1954	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1954	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Buffelsvlei, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Ames 3 SW, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Nossen, DE	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Hallock, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Perry, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Malavalli, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Cherrapunji/P.S., IN	daily rain	519.4 mm (20.4 in)	270.5 mm (10.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Clovis, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1954	Husum, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 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

1802 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1954. 1954 had 466 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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 50	380
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1