Weather Records on 8 February 1958

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1958. Highest significance: Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1958

On 8 February 1958, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 317 daily.
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula set a daily record precipitation of 86.6 mm (3.4 in) on 8 February 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 8 February 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1958

Top 20 records on 8 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1958	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1958	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1958	Wollstonecraft, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Crookhaven Heads, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Mosman Water Supply, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Bellefonte 4 S, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Glenara, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Hemlock, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	St Fereol, CA	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1958	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	37 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

1798 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1958. 1958 had 323 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	238
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1