Weather Records on 15 September 1958

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1958. Highest significance: Khairagarh, IN.

Key Facts for 15 September 1958

On 15 September 1958, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 289 daily.
Khairagarh set a daily record precipitation of 151.4 mm (6.0 in) on 15 September 1958.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 15 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taldangra	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonahatu	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Netarhat	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsa	India	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 15 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1958

Top 20 records on 15 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1958	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Taldangra, IN	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Barabazar, IN	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Munday, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Manbazar, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Sultanganj, IN	daily rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	138.8 mm (5.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Rosalia, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Silli, IN	daily rain	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Rajauli, IN	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Mathabhanga, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Chandi, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Brantford, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Gola, IN	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1958	Asansol Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	35 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

1797 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1958. 1958 had 294 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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	207
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1