Weather Records on 13 September 1954

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1954. Highest significance: Coolgardie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 September 1954

On 13 September 1954, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 277 daily.
Coolgardie Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 13 September 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 13 September 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 13 September 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1954

Top 20 records on 13 September 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1954	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1954	Bulong, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1954	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Murwara(Kathi), IN	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Turtle Lake, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Watford City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Higginsville, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Kookynie, AU	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Crosby, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Karonie, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Appleton, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Kurud, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Tacambaro, MX	all-time rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Epping, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Waupaca, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1954	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	36 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 291 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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	185
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1