Weather Records on 1 August 1958

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1958. Highest significance: Bellefonte 4 S, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1958

On 1 August 1958, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 377 daily.
Bellefonte 4 S set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 1 August 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 1 August 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pudino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Dam 38	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mapulehu 542	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cresson 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 204.

Records on 1 August 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1958

Top 20 records on 1 August 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1958	Bellefonte 4 S, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Chetwynd, AU	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Rae Bareli, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Pudino, RU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Sterling, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Lexton, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Leoti, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Carlisle, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Albion, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Charleston, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Balanpur, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Spearman, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Moyston, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1958	Mutual, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 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

1797 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1958. 1958 had 389 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1958-08-01: 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	207
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2