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Adopting the latest national historical precipitation data collected by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and global sea surface temperature (SST) records, this retrospective study determined the spatial\u2013temporal distribution characteristics of the precipitation in 1954 in Wuhan, a city situated in the Yangtze River valley. The results confirmed that the 1954 precipitation anomalies were characterized by a high volume and a long period of rainfall, plus numerous cloudbursts, with most of the precipitation concentrated during June and July at the mid- and low-Yangtze areas along the Yangtze. An El Ni\u00f1o event caused the West Pacific subtropical highs to continually move southward during the summer, creating a long-term rainband in the drainage basin. Moreover, the continued low SSTs in the Sea of Okhotsk generated an active blocking high that continuously brought high-latitude cold air into the south, boosting precipitation over the drainage basin. 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