Weather Records on 8 September 1958

480 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1958. Highest significance: Freiburg, DE.

Key Facts for 8 September 1958

On 8 September 1958, 480 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 467 daily.
Freiburg set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 8 September 1958.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

480 stations

480 station records on 8 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

480 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 8 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1958

Top 20 records on 8 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1958	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1958	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Kustanai, KZ	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Leeuwarden_1, NL	monthly rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Khurda, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Phulbani, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Vang I Valdres, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Tangi, IN	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1958	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Middlewater, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Beito, NO	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Pocomoke City, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Burnet, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Uruapan (Smn), MX	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Sacaton, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1958	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	29 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 480 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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	320
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1