Weather Records on 28 July 1958

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1958. Highest significance: Haparanda, SE.

Key Facts for 28 July 1958

On 28 July 1958, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 530 daily.
Haparanda set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 28 July 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

549 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 28 July 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1958 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1958

Top 20 records on 28 July 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1958	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1958	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	St George, CA	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Lubbock 9N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Crowell, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Lincoln, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Columbus, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Mingenew, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Holtwood, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Inverell Comparison, AU	monthly high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1958	Seligman, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	36 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

1815 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1958. 1958 had 549 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-07-28: 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 10	391
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1