Weather Records on 22 September 1954

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1954. Highest significance: Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1954

On 22 September 1954, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 352 daily.
Taree (Radio Station 2Re) set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 22 September 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

359 stations

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

Weather records on 22 September 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 September 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1954

Top 20 records on 22 September 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1954	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1954	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Deer Vale, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Elands Post Office, AU	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Harsud, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Makrai, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Upper Urara (the Knoll), AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Megan (the Mount), AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1954	Coffs Harbour, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 359 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 25	237
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1