Weather Records on 16 September 1958

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1958. Highest significance: St Louis St Louis UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1958

On 16 September 1958, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 525 daily.
St Louis St Louis UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 16 September 1958.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 16 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1958

Top 20 records on 16 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1958	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Monticello, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Rochester, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	132 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Boksburg (Mun), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Montpelier, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Albion, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Nylsvley, ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Devikulam, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Sandbaken, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1958	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	42 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 538 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	61
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1