Weather Records on 3 December 1958

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1958. Highest significance: O'Connell (Stratford), AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1958

On 3 December 1958, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 537 daily.
O'Connell (Stratford) set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 3 December 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 3 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 3 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 3 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 46, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1958

Top 20 records on 3 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1958	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1958	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Virden, CA	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Barras, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Ruel, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Biscotasing, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Carlisle, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Swaziland Ranch-Homest, SZ	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1958	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	37 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 583 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 25	413
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1