Weather Records on 17 May 1958

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1958. Highest significance: Stockholm, SE.

Key Facts for 17 May 1958

On 17 May 1958, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 327 daily.
Stockholm set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 17 May 1958.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 17 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berthierville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 17 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1958

Top 20 records on 17 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1958	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1958	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Godegard, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Laurel Hill (Kundiewa), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Henbury, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Bemidji, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1958	Kiev, UA	daily high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Anderson, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Landsort, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Brandon Cda, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1958	Beloit, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	29 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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 331 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 10	210
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1