Weather Records on 17 November 1958

1,811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1958. Highest significance: Edgerton, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1958

On 17 November 1958, 1,811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
705 were record highs and 513 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 169 monthly and 1,640 daily.
Edgerton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 17 November 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,811 stations

1,811 station records on 17 November 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Silver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,811 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 335, Lowest daily maximum 258, Highest daily minimum 370, Lowest daily minimum 255, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 176, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 17 November 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	335
Lowest daily maximum	258
Highest daily minimum	370
Lowest daily minimum	255
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	176
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 17 November 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 169, daily 1,640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,524 broken records

Margins by which the 1,524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1958

Top 20 records on 17 November 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1958	Edgerton, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1958	Madison, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1958	Eads, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1958	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Lawrence, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Columbus, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Greenville 6 N, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Koshkonong, US	monthly rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Pinal Rch, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Tuba City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Sibley, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Griggsville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Gilbert, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1958	Lincoln, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 1,811 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	1,426
50 to 100	68
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2