Weather Records on 15 February 1958

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1958. Highest significance: Washington, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1958

On 15 February 1958, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 670 daily.
Washington set a daily record snowfall of 28.2 cm (11.1 in) on 15 February 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

714 stations

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

Weather records on 15 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 15 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 15 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 40, daily 670.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 206.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1958

Top 20 records on 15 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1958	Washington, US	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1958	Scottsboro, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Oxford, GB	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Sawoti, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Quantico 1 S, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Inchanga (Sar), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Caruthersville, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1958	Wilo (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	43 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 714 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	546
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1