Weather Records on 17 December 1958

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1958. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1958

On 17 December 1958, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 533 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 17 December 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

540 stations

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

Weather records on 17 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Garrah (Wirringulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vesper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunlight	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1958

Top 20 records on 17 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1958	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	120 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1958	Armagh, GB	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	119 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1958	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Garrah (Wirringulla), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Gulu, UG	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Eltham, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Fanning River Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Vesper, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Oswego, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Coolatai (Orana), AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1958	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	43 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 540 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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 100	453
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1