Weather Records on 26 January 1958

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1958. Highest significance: Glen Warren, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1958

On 26 January 1958, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 394 daily.
Glen Warren set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 26 January 1958.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 26 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	223.8 mm (8.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bollier	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 26 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 26 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1958

Top 20 records on 26 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1958	Glen Warren, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1958	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1958	Lake Carmody, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Durham, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Ipswich, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Middleton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Mangochi, MW	monthly rain	223.8 mm (8.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Weston, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Izana, ES	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Addison, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Hawley 1 E, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Pembroke, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Framingham, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1958	Franklin, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	39 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 404 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-01-26: 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 50	320
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1