Weather Records on 21 September 1958

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1958. Highest significance: St Albans, AU.

Key Facts for 21 September 1958

On 21 September 1958, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 547 daily.
St Albans set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 21 September 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 21 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence at Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 456.

Records on 21 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1958

Top 20 records on 21 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1958	St Albans, AU	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1958	University, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1958	Cleveland, US	monthly rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Scott, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Bon Wier, US	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Narra Tarra, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Moorhead, US	monthly rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Conroe, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Hillriver Farm, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Isseka, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Loretto, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Krishnarajpet, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Sewanee, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Arkansas City, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Bastrop, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Batesville, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1958	Stoneville Exp STN, US	all-time rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	50 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

1805 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1958. 1958 had 588 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	432
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1