Weather Records on 8 July 1958

651 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1958. Highest significance: Sulitjelma, NO.

Key Facts for 8 July 1958

On 8 July 1958, 651 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 640 daily.
Sulitjelma set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 8 July 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

651 stations

651 station records on 8 July 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambay	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

651 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 310.

Records on 8 July 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1958 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1958

Top 20 records on 8 July 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1958	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Lynch, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	De Smet, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Murray, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Sardarshahar, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Ashland, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Faizabad, IN	daily rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Golconda River, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Asola, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Dadahor, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Talladega, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1958	Cambridge, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	43 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 651 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-07-08: 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 20	422
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2