Weather Records on 29 August 1958

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1958. Highest significance: Jhabua, IN.

Key Facts for 29 August 1958

On 29 August 1958, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 235 daily.
Jhabua set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 29 August 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 29 August 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mabel Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 85.

Records on 29 August 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1958

Top 20 records on 29 August 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1958	Jhabua, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Oakville, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Alice, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Umerkhed, IN	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	D.Baria, IN	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Randle 1 E, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1958	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Weslaco, US	monthly low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Pearlington, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Koraput, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily low min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Rock 1 E, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Olds, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1958	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	30 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

1807 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1958. 1958 had 240 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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	159
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1