Weather Records on 19 September 1954

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1954. Highest significance: Russell, CA.

Key Facts for 19 September 1954

On 19 September 1954, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 547 daily.
Russell set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 19 September 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 19 September 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 19 September 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 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

19 September 1954

Top 20 records on 19 September 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1954	Russell, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Ndumu, ZA	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Karauli, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Churu, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Dausa, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Indargarh, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1954	Appleton City, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Bali, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Russellville, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	Warsaw 1, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1954	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	29 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

1805 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1954. 1954 had 557 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	364
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2