Weather Records on 21 October 1958

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1958. Highest significance: Queimadas, BR.

Key Facts for 21 October 1958

On 21 October 1958, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 309 daily.
Queimadas set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 21 October 1958.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 21 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biccavole	India	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 285.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1958

Top 20 records on 21 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1958	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Koraput, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Lead, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Portal, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Biccavole, IN	daily rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	285.7 mm (11.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Srungavarapukota, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Bowbells, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1958	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	37 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 322 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	248
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2