Weather Records on 30 July 1958

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 July 1958. Highest significance: Norfolk, US.

Key Facts for 30 July 1958

On 30 July 1958, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 339 daily.
Norfolk set a daily record precipitation of 114.8 mm (4.5 in) on 30 July 1958.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 30 July 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 July 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eclipse Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 30 July 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 30 July 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 July 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 July 1958

Top 20 records on 30 July 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 July 1958	Norfolk, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1958	Fremont, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1958	Pleasant Valley, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Bedford 2 SE, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Clarinda, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Beardstown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Tekamah, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Indee, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Guarabira, BR	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Red Oak, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	W Pt, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Juneau Dwtn, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Stanton, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Safford, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1958	Bedford, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 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 344 records.

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

Records on 07-30 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1827	1
1828	2
1829	1
1830	1
1834	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	2
1885	3
1886	5
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	10
1894	6
1895	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	8
1899	2
1900	4
1901	11
1902	6
1903	25
1904	17
1905	29
1906	22
1907	11
1908	23
1909	30
1910	8
1911	54
1912	21
1913	34
1914	52
1915	26
1916	150
1917	93
1918	42
1919	19
1920	188
1921	193
1922	40
1923	428
1924	80
1925	275
1926	186
1927	109
1928	210
1929	221
1930	170
1931	432
1932	275
1933	451
1934	619
1935	340
1936	452
1937	245
1938	388
1939	395
1940	562
1941	371
1942	304
1943	397
1944	289
1945	299
1946	409
1947	394
1948	489
1949	512
1950	552
1951	322
1952	581
1953	345
1954	504
1955	787
1956	506
1957	289
1958	344
1959	391
1960	793
1961	511
1962	378
1963	308
1964	483
1965	978
1966	527
1967	282
1968	530
1969	506
1970	431
1971	2,319
1972	758
1973	434
1974	569
1975	1,048
1976	590
1977	641
1978	646
1979	761
1980	962
1981	851
1982	821
1983	904
1984	997
1985	1,029
1986	952
1987	1,084
1988	826
1989	1,227
1990	795
1991	734
1992	1,003
1993	965
1994	1,631
1995	1,207
1996	1,317
1997	933
1998	1,240
1999	1,456
2000	1,030
2001	1,400
2002	1,346
2003	1,163
2004	936
2005	788
2006	1,103
2007	1,160
2008	763
2009	1,328
2010	1,331
2011	1,003
2012	731
2013	737
2014	1,199
2015	682
2016	460
2017	464
2018	1,038
2019	486
2020	763
2021	839
2022	845
2023	683
2024	705
2025	869
2026	1,001

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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	203
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2