Weather Records on 2 December 1958

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1958. Highest significance: Sofala Old Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1958

On 2 December 1958, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 415 daily.
Sofala Old Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 2 December 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 2 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bollier	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 2 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 2 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

324 broken records

Margins by which the 324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1958

Top 20 records on 2 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1958	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Pretoria-Burgerspark, ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Waterville, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Dona, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Los Gatos, US	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1958	Clearwater, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Belle Isle, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1958	Waterkloof, ZA	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	32 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

1797 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1958. 1958 had 442 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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	312
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1