Weather Records on 23 November 1954

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1954. Highest significance: Mt Garnet Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 November 1954

On 23 November 1954, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 512 daily.
Mt Garnet Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 23 November 1954.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 23 November 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 November 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 November 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1954

Top 20 records on 23 November 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1954	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Izana, ES	daily rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	205.4 mm (8.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Home Hill Fifteen A St, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Petrolina, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Sucesso, BR	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Piracuruca, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Sao Goncalo, BR	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Ouricuri, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Sarpsborg, NO	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1954	Ndumu, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Emerson, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Mahone Bay, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Quinault Rs, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Rhinelander, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1954	Riva, IT	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	69 years	28 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

1821 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1954. 1954 had 515 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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 50	401
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1