Weather Records on 5 October 1954

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1954. Highest significance: Te Kowai Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1954

On 5 October 1954, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 735 daily.
Te Kowai Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 201.2 mm (7.9 in) on 5 October 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

834 stations

834 station records on 5 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tingley	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 286, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 5 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 98, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1954

Top 20 records on 5 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1954	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1954	Maytown, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1954	Centerville, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1954	Unionville, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Mission 4 W, US	all-time rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Bedford, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Aledo, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Tingley, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Grant City, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Otto FAA AP, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Walkerston, AU	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1954	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	45 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 834 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Data for records on 1954-10-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	580
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1