Weather Records on 7 October 1958

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1958. Highest significance: Sorell (Whitlea), AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1958

On 7 October 1958, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 590 daily.
Sorell (Whitlea) set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 7 October 1958.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 7 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 7 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1958

Top 20 records on 7 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1958	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1958	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Nugent, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Oatlands (Bow Hill), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Ruel, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Haripad, IN	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Biscotasing, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1958	Risdon, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 598 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	412
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2