Weather Records on 15 October 1958

606 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1958. Highest significance: Faerder Fyr, NO.

Key Facts for 15 October 1958

On 15 October 1958, 606 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 597 daily.
Faerder Fyr set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 15 October 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

606 stations

606 station records on 15 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

606 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 367, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	367
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1958

Top 20 records on 15 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1958	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Ponnur(Ponnuru), IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Vinga, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Akluj, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Raymondville, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1958	Sibley, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Bapatla, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Biri, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Buffalo, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Redlands, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Kimball 2NE, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1958	Misantla, MX	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 606 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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 10	433
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1