Weather Records on 14 January 1958

296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1958. Highest significance: Kayballup, AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 1958

On 14 January 1958, 296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 295 daily.
Kayballup set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 14 January 1958.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

296 stations

296 station records on 14 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Riacho Do Sangue	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altapass	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

296 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1958

Top 20 records on 14 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1958	Kayballup, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Solomons, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Wytheville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Everett, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Darlington, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Wesselsbron (Mun), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Riverton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Toms River, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Pee Dee, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Clear Spring 1 ENE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Clayton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Medicine Lodge, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Dillon, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Clarksville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Kingstree, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Lynchburg 7 St Brg, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	Lumberton, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1958	New Holland, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 296 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1958-01-14: 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	228
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2