Weather Records on 14 October 1954

982 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1954. Highest significance: Long Lake Dam, US.

Key Facts for 14 October 1954

On 14 October 1954, 982 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
624 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 976 daily.
Long Lake Dam set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 14 October 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

982 stations

982 station records on 14 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

982 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 283, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 341, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 14 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	283
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	341
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 976.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

797 broken records

Margins by which the 797 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1954

Top 20 records on 14 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1954	Long Lake Dam, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Big St Germain Dam, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Minocqua, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Phelps, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Atchison, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Brule Island, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Coniston, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Orillia, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Midland 2, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Undilla Station, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Lansing, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1954	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	39 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 982 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 10	710
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3