Weather Records on 31 July 1958

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1958. Highest significance: Aonla, IN.

Key Facts for 31 July 1958

On 31 July 1958, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 361 daily.
Aonla set an all-time record daily precipitation of 302.5 mm (11.9 in) on 31 July 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 31 July 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	151.3 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 31 July 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1958 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1958

Top 20 records on 31 July 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1958	Aonla, IN	all-time rain	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1958	Horton, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1958	Mexico, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1958	Centralia, US	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1958	Atchison, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Monroe City, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Hermann, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Lovell, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Bisauli, IN	daily rain	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Dataganj, IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Brunswick, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Shelbina, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1958	Faridpur, IN	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	17 years	44 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

1804 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1958. 1958 had 374 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-07-31: 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	244
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1