Weather Records on 21 September 1954

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1954. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 21 September 1954

On 21 September 1954, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 447 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 91.9 mm (3.6 in) on 21 September 1954.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 21 September 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nathana	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 21 September 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 September 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1954

Top 20 records on 21 September 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1954	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1954	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1954	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1954	New Madrid, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Ferozepur City, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Bolaram, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Odesa, UA	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Megan (the Mount), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Gobindgarh, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Phalodi, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Patiala Obsy, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1954	Brownsville Lock 6, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	42 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

1805 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1954. 1954 had 453 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	591
2026	478

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	292
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2