Weather Records on 23 October 1958

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1958. Highest significance: Sandsprings, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1958

On 23 October 1958, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 254 daily.
Sandsprings set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 October 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 23 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rudri	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barerakalan	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1958

Top 20 records on 23 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1958	Sandsprings, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1958	Storlien, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Rudri, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Patan, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Mandla, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Roxbury, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Trondheim - Voll, NO	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1958	Bichhia, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1958	Cumberland, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1958	Farnham, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1958	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1958	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1958	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	29 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

1795 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 255 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	175
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1