Weather Records on 13 October 1954

1,071 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1954. Highest significance: Covington 8 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1954

On 13 October 1954, 1,071 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
772 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,059 daily.
Covington 8 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 142.7 mm (5.6 in) on 13 October 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,071 stations

1,071 station records on 13 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,071 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 331, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 441, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	331
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	441
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 1,059.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1954

Top 20 records on 13 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1954	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Deerfield Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Hammond, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Harrow Cda, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Norddal, NO	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Franklinton, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Maristova, NO	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Lares, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Cinclare, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Boverdal, NO	all-time rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Angola, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1954	San German 4 W, PR	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	40 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 1,071 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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	840
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2