Weather Records on 15 November 1958

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1958. Highest significance: Hiram, US.

Key Facts for 15 November 1958

On 15 November 1958, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 868 daily.
Hiram set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 15 November 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

893 stations

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

Weather records on 15 November 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frazer	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 344, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 15 November 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	344
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 15 November 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 868.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1958

Top 20 records on 15 November 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1958	Hiram, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1958	Haxby 18 SW, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1958	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1958	Tooele, US	all-time rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Evanston 1 E, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Mena, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Hatch, US	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Prineville, US	monthly snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Newport, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Lincoln, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Busby, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1958	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	42 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 893 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 50	670
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1