Weather Records on 3 September 1958

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1958. Highest significance: Abbeville, FR.

Key Facts for 3 September 1958

On 3 September 1958, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 524 daily.
Abbeville set an all-time record daily precipitation of 101.4 mm (4.0 in) on 3 September 1958.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 3 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Karanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raisingnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	160.1 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Surpura (Nokha)	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 3 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1958

Top 20 records on 3 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1958	Abbeville, FR	all-time rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1958	Karanpur, IN	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Fazilka, IN	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Umea, SE	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Wyanga (Barcoo), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Zira, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Bjuraker, SE	monthly high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Somerton Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Raisingnagar, IN	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Miva, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1958	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1958	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	34 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

1811 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1958. 1958 had 539 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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	393
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2