Weather Records on 5 March 1958

365 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1958. Highest significance: Luakaha Lower 782, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1958

On 5 March 1958, 365 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 344 daily.
Luakaha Lower 782 set an all-time record daily precipitation of 375.4 mm (14.8 in) on 5 March 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

365 stations

365 station records on 5 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	375.4 mm (14.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Black Point 717	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	275.8 mm (10.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mapulehu 542	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nudley State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

365 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 13, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1958

Top 20 records on 5 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1958	Luakaha Lower 782, US	all-time rain	375.4 mm (14.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1958	Manoa 712.1, US	all-time rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1958	Black Point 717, US	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1958	Mamit Lake, CA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1958	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Lacombe Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Haden Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Waimanalo 794, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Gudalur, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Healy, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Makapuu Point 724, US	all-time rain	275.8 mm (10.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Kapalama 773, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Mardie, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Healy, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1958	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	40 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 365 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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	271
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1