Weather Records on 13 January 1958

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1958. Highest significance: Buffelsfontein 14, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 January 1958

On 13 January 1958, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 327 daily.
Buffelsfontein 14 set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 13 January 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 13 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winifred	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1958

Top 20 records on 13 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1958	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Caguas, PR	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Farmerville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Pilot Point Isl du Boi, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1958	Basberg, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Marshmoor, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Benfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Steveston, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Invergwali, ZA	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Groot-Arendskraal, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1958	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 327 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	241
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2