Weather Records on 15 January 1958

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1958. Highest significance: Pechipparai, IN.

Key Facts for 15 January 1958

On 15 January 1958, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 445 daily.
Pechipparai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 193.5 mm (7.6 in) on 15 January 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 15 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatiacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1958

Top 20 records on 15 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1958	Pechipparai, IN	monthly rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Ibiapina, BR	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Sherburne, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Vladivostok, RU	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Vineland, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Aracatiacu, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Tamboril, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Cedar Run (River), US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Hanover, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Addison, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Addison, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	Paterson, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1958	St Andrews, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	80 years	36 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

1795 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 453 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 25	337
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1