Weather Records on 24 August 1958

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1958. Highest significance: Dawson, CA.

Key Facts for 24 August 1958

On 24 August 1958, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 534 daily.
Dawson set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 24 August 1958.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 24 August 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nathana	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlgren Weapons Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abohar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pertabpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khambha	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 24 August 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1958

Top 20 records on 24 August 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1958	Dawson, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1958	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1958	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Williams 3 SW, US	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Farmerville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Quantico 1 S, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Howard 2SE, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Joliette, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Nathana, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Paravur, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Thana, IN	daily rain	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Franklin, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Easton, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Booneville, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1958	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	41 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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 547 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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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	363
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1