Weather Records on 3 October 1958

951 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1958. Highest significance: Mohanlalganj, IN.

Key Facts for 3 October 1958

On 3 October 1958, 951 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 449 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 911 daily.
Mohanlalganj set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.6 mm (6.6 in) on 3 October 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

951 stations

951 station records on 3 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakbank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chowilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalabity	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

951 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 370, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	370
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 911.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1958

Top 20 records on 3 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1958	Mohanlalganj, IN	monthly rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1958	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1958	Armagh, GB	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Malihabad, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Moorna, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Mulege, MX	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Greenville, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Wilkadene (Murtho), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Harlingen, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Purwa, IN	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Oakbank Homestead, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Gama, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Khaga, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1958	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	56 years	40 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

1834 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1958. 1958 had 951 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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Data for records on 1958-10-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	743
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1