Weather Records on 5 September 1958

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1958. Highest significance: Collegeville St John's, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1958

On 5 September 1958, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 409 daily.
Collegeville St John's set a daily record precipitation of 75.9 mm (3.0 in) on 5 September 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 5 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 304.

Records on 5 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1958

Top 20 records on 5 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1958	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1958	Sitamarhi Sr, IN	daily rain	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Springkell, ZA	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Malvern, GB	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Superior, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Bundarra (Valley View), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Jhb-Zoological Garden, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	De Smet, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Manbazar, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Surgut, RU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1958	Creekside, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 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 413 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1958-09-05: 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 20	324
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1