Weather Records on 4 May 1958

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1958. Highest significance: Middleton (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 May 1958

On 4 May 1958, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 402 daily.
Middleton (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 4 May 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

414 stations

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

Weather records on 4 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulakumood	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 402.

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 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1958

Top 20 records on 4 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1958	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1958	Franklin, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1958	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1958	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1958	Clarinda, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1958	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Risdon, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Osterley, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Muncie 4 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Bagdad Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1958	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	46 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 414 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-05-04: 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 25	320
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1