Weather Records on 31 August 1954

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1954. Highest significance: Bethlehem, US.

Key Facts for 31 August 1954

On 31 August 1954, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 606 daily.
Bethlehem set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 31 August 1954.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 31 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 31 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1954

Top 20 records on 31 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1954	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1954	Worcester, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1954	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1954	Rapalle, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Bellary, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Lawrence, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Bijapur, IN	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Storrs, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Parola, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Cairo, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	W Pt, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1954	Manchester, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	48 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 633 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	349
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	38
30 to 40	29
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	3