Weather Records on 1 May 1958

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1958. Highest significance: Botnen I Forde, NO.

Key Facts for 1 May 1958

On 1 May 1958, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 417 daily.
Botnen I Forde set a daily record precipitation of 63.4 mm (2.5 in) on 1 May 1958.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

448 stations

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

Weather records on 1 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umrer	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pangree	India	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1958

Top 20 records on 1 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1958	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1958	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1958	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Bulken, NO	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Maristova, NO	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Rosedale, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Shirala, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Umrer, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Mangaon, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Bargarh, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Hornindal, NO	monthly rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Dumas, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Rison, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Wai, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1958	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 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

1795 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 448 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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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 25	349
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1