Weather Records on 28 January 1958

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1958. Highest significance: Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1958

On 28 January 1958, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 638 daily.
Greenethorpe (Iandra) set a daily record precipitation of 70.9 mm (2.8 in) on 28 January 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 28 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bassett Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 28 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 28 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1958

Top 20 records on 28 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1958	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1958	Ashland, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Joliette, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Talent, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Barton, AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Elkhart, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Perryton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Exeter, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1958	Oxford, GB	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	32 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

1796 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1958. 1958 had 647 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	530
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1