Weather Records on 2 March 1958

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1958. Highest significance: Talavadi, IN.

Key Facts for 2 March 1958

On 2 March 1958, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 236 daily.
Talavadi set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 2 March 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 2 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 2 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 2 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 6, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1958

Top 20 records on 2 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1958	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Nayagarh, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Gothenburg, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Hobbs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Madrid, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Tahoka, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Plainview, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Crosbyton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1958	Hawthornden, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	G. Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	Lien I Selbu, NO	all-time snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	Palatka, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	St Augustine, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1958	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 247 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	186
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1