Weather Records on 19 August 1958

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1958. Highest significance: Millinocket, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1958

On 19 August 1958, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 366 daily.
Millinocket set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 19 August 1958.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 19 August 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Balandapara	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 19 August 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1958

Top 20 records on 19 August 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1958	Millinocket, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Nedumangad, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Natashquan A, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Twin Lakes, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Dholera, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Pupri, IN	daily rain	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Chinaganjam, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Attingal, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1958	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1958	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 374 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 20	254
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2