Weather Records on 4 October 1958

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1958. Highest significance: Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1958

On 4 October 1958, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 684 daily.
Swan Hill (Murray Downs) set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 4 October 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 4 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turriff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1958

Top 20 records on 4 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1958	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Boort, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Wychitella South, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Mayo A, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Goornong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Dingee, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Turriff, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Narrewilock, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Glenloth East, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Neds Corner, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Boort (Gredgwin), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Encinal, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1958	Canary Island South, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	38 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

1795 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 704 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	589
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1