Weather Records on 6 November 1954

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1954. Highest significance: Harkerville (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 November 1954

On 6 November 1954, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 430 daily.
Harkerville (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 6 November 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 6 November 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 76.

Records on 6 November 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 November 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1954

Top 20 records on 6 November 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1954	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1954	Uccle, BE	daily high max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1954	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1954	P.P. Channel, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1954	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Albertinia (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Alice, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Natchitoches, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Natchez, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Kjahta, RU	daily high min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Ft Assiniboine, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Sonnblick, AT	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Barguzin, RU	daily high min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1954	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	45 years	25 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

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 442 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	313
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1