Weather Records on 29 March 1958

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1958. Highest significance: Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 29 March 1958

On 29 March 1958, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 389 daily.
Ootacamund Obsy Sr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.2 mm (3.8 in) on 29 March 1958.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 29 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	299.0 mm (11.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cecilwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 29 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 29 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 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

29 March 1958

Top 20 records on 29 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1958	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1958	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Old Banchory Station, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Blackwater Post Office, AU	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Ness City, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Betanga, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Healy, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Quinter, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Wakeeney, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Cawker City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1958	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	41 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

1805 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1958. 1958 had 401 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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	331
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1