Weather Records on 11 August 1958

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1958. Highest significance: Motozintla (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 11 August 1958

On 11 August 1958, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 485 daily.
Motozintla (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 11 August 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 11 August 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhauli	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laukaha	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adaven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 11 August 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1958

Top 20 records on 11 August 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1958	Motozintla (Smn), MX	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Everglades, US	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Bagalkot, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Indapur, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Svirica, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Gudivada, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Dumka, IN	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Jalesar, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Ada, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Brackettville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Portal, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1958	Willowghby East Lake, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 494 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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	317
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1