Weather Records on 13 December 1954

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1954. Highest significance: Goulds Country Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1954

On 13 December 1954, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 341 daily.
Goulds Country Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 13 December 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 13 December 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caracara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1954

Top 20 records on 13 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1954	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1954	Castlemaine Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Murchison, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Navarre, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Warrumbungle Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Streatham, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Sheffield, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Murrayville, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Perumbalur, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1954	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	43 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 345 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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Data for records on 1954-12-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	242
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1