Weather Records on 31 March 1958

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1958. Highest significance: Camooweal Township, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1958

On 31 March 1958, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 401 daily.
Camooweal Township set a monthly record daily precipitation of 191.3 mm (7.5 in) on 31 March 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 31 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Takone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 31 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 31 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1958

Top 20 records on 31 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1958	Camooweal Township, AU	monthly rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Granada Station, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1958	Eulolo Station, AU	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Proa Station, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Glenbervie Station, AU	all-time rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Szeged, HU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Lawn Hill, AU	monthly rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1958	Julia Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	42 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

1808 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1958. 1958 had 414 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-03-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	325
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1