Weather Records on 4 September 1958

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1958. Highest significance: Pawnee City, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 1958

On 4 September 1958, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 376 daily.
Pawnee City set an all-time record daily precipitation of 208.3 mm (8.2 in) on 4 September 1958.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 4 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln College View	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limbri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tharad	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 4 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1958

Top 20 records on 4 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1958	Pawnee City, US	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1958	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Beatrice, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Lincoln College View, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Meeker, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1958	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Mather 3 NW, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1958	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	65 years	28 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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 384 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 1958-09-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	282
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1