Weather Records on 1 October 1954

976 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1954. Highest significance: Nuh, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1954

On 1 October 1954, 976 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
553 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 133 monthly and 839 daily.
Nuh set an all-time record daily precipitation of 216.7 mm (8.5 in) on 1 October 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

976 stations

976 station records on 1 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Viramgam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jetpur	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kashipur	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

976 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 450, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	450
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 133, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1954

Top 20 records on 1 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1954	Nuh, IN	all-time rain	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Hattin, IN	monthly rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Balasinor, IN	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Jhabua, IN	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Ghaziabad, IN	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Arthur City, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Mawana, IN	all-time rain	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1954	Malvern, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Godhra, IN	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Indore, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Amity, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Hassanpur, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Jambughoda Sr, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Viramgam, IN	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Kapadvanj, IN	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Sikandarabad, IN	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1954	Hugo, US	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	49 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

1813 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1954. 1954 had 976 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 20	649
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2