Weather Records on 23 March 1958

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1958. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 23 March 1958

On 23 March 1958, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 480 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 19.0 cm (7.5 in) on 23 March 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 23 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Molepolole	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 23 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 23 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 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

23 March 1958

Top 20 records on 23 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1958	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	93 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1958	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1958	Sangli, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Natham, IN	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Paducah, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Reading Wb City, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Sinton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Newport, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Lovelaceville, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Arnsberg, DE	daily low min	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Vineland, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Shirol, IN	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1958	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	38 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 486 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	400
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1