Weather Records on 21 October 1954

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1954. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 21 October 1954

On 21 October 1954, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 271 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 21 October 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 21 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	318.8 mm (12.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 243.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1954

Top 20 records on 21 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1954	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1954	Srimushnam, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Jayamkondam, IN	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Sirkali, IN	daily rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	318.8 mm (12.6 in)	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Vayalpad, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Queenton, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Vedaranayam, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Wandiwash, IN	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Arni, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Panruti, IN	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Ulundurpet, IN	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1954	Chandragiri, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	44 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 279 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	199
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1