Weather Records on 17 October 1954

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1954. Highest significance: Darr River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1954

On 17 October 1954, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 554 daily.
Darr River Downs set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 17 October 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 17 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabunia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1954

Top 20 records on 17 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1954	Darr River Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	monthly rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Kynnersley, AU	monthly rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Elands Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Frogmoor, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Surat, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Beechmont Binna Burra Road, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Warra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Villiers (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Mt Alford, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	The Grange, Umzimkul, ZA	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Fernflat, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Blackbutt Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1954	Moogerah Dam, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 579 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	394
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1