Weather Records on 19 October 1954

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1954. Highest significance: Bowen Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1954

On 19 October 1954, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 475 daily.
Bowen Downs set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 19 October 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 19 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thulimbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeys Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrolls Creek (Boonoo Boonoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 19 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 19 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1954

Top 20 records on 19 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1954	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1954	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Spring Ridge, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Coomrith, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Gilberton, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Kickerbell, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Tiree, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Mullaley (Goolhi), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Wien, AT	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Hubli, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1954	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	79 years	42 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

1806 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1954. 1954 had 490 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	396
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1