Weather Records on 1 January 1958

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1958. Highest significance: Mbarara, UG.

Key Facts for 1 January 1958

On 1 January 1958, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 286 daily.
Mbarara set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 1 January 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

295 stations

295 station records on 1 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 1 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 1 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1958

Top 20 records on 1 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1958	Mbarara, UG	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Harrisville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Fife Lake 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1958	Smoko, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Raymondville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	San Benito, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly high min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Tweefontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Barrage (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Hawthorne AP, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	Katandra, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1958	McAdam, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	30 years	27 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

1798 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1958. 1958 had 295 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	223
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2