Weather Records on 4 December 1954

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1954. Highest significance: Murchison, AU.

Key Facts for 4 December 1954

On 4 December 1954, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 635 daily.
Murchison set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 4 December 1954.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 4 December 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern (Yanko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eberys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 461, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	461
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 50, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1954

Top 20 records on 4 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1954	Murchison, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1954	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1954	Indigo, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Middle Creek (Leneva), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Burnley, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Bethanga Lower, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Leongatha, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Myrniong, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Highlands (Glentannar), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Waranga Reservoir, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Euroa, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Heathcote Junction, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1954	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 689 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	499
20 to 40	90
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2