Weather Records on 27 October 1958

163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1958. Highest significance: Gaddede, SE.

Key Facts for 27 October 1958

On 27 October 1958, 163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 158 daily.
Gaddede set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 27 October 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

163 stations

163 station records on 27 October 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

163 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 October 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 October 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1958

Top 20 records on 27 October 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1958	Gaddede, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1958	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1958	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1958	Norwich, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1958	Bjuraker, SE	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Rumford, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Magdalena, US	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	69 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Delhi 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Shencottah, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Las Plumas, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Farmington, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Delhi 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Gardiner, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Tuni, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Morrisville 6 SW, US	monthly snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1958	Viljujsk, RU	daily low min	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	59 years	24 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

1802 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1958. 1958 had 163 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	125
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1