Weather Records on 24 January 1958

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1958. Highest significance: Newman, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1958

On 24 January 1958, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 374 daily.
Newman set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 24 January 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 24 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Porte	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 24 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 24 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1958

Top 20 records on 24 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1958	Newman, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Rolfontein, ZA	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Denair 3 NNE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Kalli, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Byro, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Hillriver Farm, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Hanford 1 S, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Iguala (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Marianna 2 S, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Los Banos, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Hazelton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1958	Charlotte, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1958	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	34 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

1796 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1958. 1958 had 381 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 50	309
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2