Weather Records on 1 April 1958

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1958. Highest significance: Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 1958

On 1 April 1958, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 514 daily.
Inskip Point Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 1 April 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 1 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Cn Mouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Table Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch Fibrebrd Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Searsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 1 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 1 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1958

Top 20 records on 1 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1958	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1958	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1958	Julia Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1958	Winton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1958	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1958	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Austral Downs, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Telluride 4WNW, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Cordalba Store, AU	monthly rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Redwood City, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	San Mateo, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Modesto AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1958	Huntington Lake, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 years	49 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

1803 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1958. 1958 had 535 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 1958-04-01: 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	430
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1