Weather Records on 20 October 1954

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1954. Highest significance: Thiruthuraipoond, IN.

Key Facts for 20 October 1954

On 20 October 1954, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 260 daily.
Thiruthuraipoond set an all-time record daily precipitation of 363.7 mm (14.3 in) on 20 October 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 20 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	363.7 mm (14.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 20 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 20 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1954

Top 20 records on 20 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1954	Thiruthuraipoond, IN	all-time rain	363.7 mm (14.3 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1954	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Vedaranayam, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Karur, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Fremont, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Maranboy, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1954	Tiruvarur, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1954	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1954	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1954	Nord Odal, NO	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 262 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	189
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1