Weather Records on 28 May 1958

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1958. Highest significance: Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ.

Key Facts for 28 May 1958

On 28 May 1958, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 742 daily.
Oran-Hopital Militaire set a daily record low minimum temperature of 6.0 C (42.8 F) on 28 May 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 28 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Funnystone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartebeesthoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 416.

Records on 28 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	416
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1958

Top 20 records on 28 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1958	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1958	Hubli, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1958	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Thomasgat, ZA	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	all-time rain	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Funnystone, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Dassieshoek, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Arni, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Hobhouse 23, ZA	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Waterland, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Mount Buffalo Chalet, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Port Alfred, ZA	monthly rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Sheenspost, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1958	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	39 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 792 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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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	525
10 to 20	106
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1