Weather Records on 4 April 1958

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1958. Highest significance: Elgin Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 4 April 1958

On 4 April 1958, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 471 daily.
Elgin Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 266.7 mm (10.5 in) on 4 April 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 4 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carruchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 4 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 4 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1958

Top 20 records on 4 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1958	Elgin Downs, AU	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1958	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Schikfontein, ZA	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Chewelah, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Trout Lake, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Heidelberg I, ZA	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Strehla, ZA	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Hiawatha, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Lyndon, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	New Market, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Ames, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Ames, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1958	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1958	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 492 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1958-04-04: 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	378
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1