Weather Records on 28 February 1958

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1958. Highest significance: Beaver City, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1958

On 28 February 1958, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 600 daily.
Beaver City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 28 February 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

622 stations

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

Weather records on 28 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mapulehu 542	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rifton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosthern	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 365, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 28 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	365
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 28 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1958

Top 20 records on 28 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1958	Beaver City, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1958	Bilaspur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Madrid, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Cedar Run (River), US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Mapulehu 542, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Fenelon Falls, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Wakeeney, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Cairo, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Rifton 1 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Holton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Cawker City, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1958	Beatrice, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 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

1796 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1958. 1958 had 622 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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	499
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1