Weather Records on 12 October 1954

911 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1954. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 12 October 1954

On 12 October 1954, 911 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 898 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 12 October 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

911 stations

911 station records on 12 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

911 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 393, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 12 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	393
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1954

Top 20 records on 12 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1954	Palermo, IT	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1954	Columbus, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Hugo, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Rimrock Tieton Dam, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Warsaw 1, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Houston, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Rexton, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Fulton, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Stover, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Barrie, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1954	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	36 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 911 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	768

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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	650
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1