Weather Records on 6 July 1958

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1958. Highest significance: Nespelem 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1958

On 6 July 1958, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 392 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 697 daily.
Nespelem 2 S set an all-time record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 6 July 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 6 July 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa Wb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graterford	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 308, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 6 July 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	308
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1958

Top 20 records on 6 July 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1958	Nespelem 2 S, US	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Kenton, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Dawson, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Breckenridge, US	all-time rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Tartu, EE	monthly low min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Lead Hill, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Doylestown, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Bowie, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Goomalling, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Senhor Do Bonfim, BR	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Munday, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Pampa Wb AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Chhota Kosi, IN	daily rain	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Farnham, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1958	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	38 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 717 records.

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

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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Data for records on 1958-07-06: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 July 1958
Margin	Records
0 to 10	502
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	1