Weather Records on 27 September 1958

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1958. Highest significance: Smythesdale, AU.

Key Facts for 27 September 1958

On 27 September 1958, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 583 daily.
Smythesdale set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 27 September 1958.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 27 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hansot	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarragadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Oxley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunkaransar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majgahan Hansraj	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaso	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 417.

Records on 27 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1958

Top 20 records on 27 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1958	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Baddaginnie, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Ahmadabad, IN	daily rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Le Roy, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Hansot, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Belathal, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Sanand, IN	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Yarragadee, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Rajaund, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Quambone (Oxley), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Shelford, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Quambone Station, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1958	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	45 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

1799 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1958. 1958 had 585 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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	419
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	1