Weather Records on 11 December 1958

985 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1958. Highest significance: Pinehurst Sthrn Pines, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 1958

On 11 December 1958, 985 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 435 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 947 daily.
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 11 December 1958.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

985 stations

985 station records on 11 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

985 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 11 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 11 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 947.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 915.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1958

Top 20 records on 11 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1958	Pinehurst Sthrn Pines, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1958	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	monthly snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	40 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1958	Little Mtn, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1958	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1958	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Southern Pines 2 W, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Riggins, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Cheraw, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Sibasa, ZA	daily rain	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1958	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 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

1796 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1958. 1958 had 985 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 200	804
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1