Weather Records on 4 October 1954

999 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1954. Highest significance: Innisfail, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1954

On 4 October 1954, 999 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
558 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 137 monthly and 860 daily.
Innisfail set a monthly record daily precipitation of 342.1 mm (13.5 in) on 4 October 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

999 stations

999 station records on 4 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	342.1 mm (13.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

999 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 251.

Records on 4 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 137, daily 860.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1954

Top 20 records on 4 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1954	Innisfail, AU	monthly rain	342.1 mm (13.5 in)	188.4 mm (7.4 in)	24 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1954	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1954	Butler, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Mokakchung, IN	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Pontiac Wwtp, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Oregon, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Naryn, KG	all-time rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Howell Wwtp, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Hiram, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Kimba, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Kimba (the Pines), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1954	Horton, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 999 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	674
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1