Weather Records on 19 December 1958

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1958. Highest significance: Toowoomba, AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1958

On 19 December 1958, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 380 daily.
Toowoomba set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 19 December 1958.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 19 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Old Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Akuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 19 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 19 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1958

Top 20 records on 19 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1958	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Glenlands, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Oswego, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Boonara, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Anderleigh, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Virden, CA	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Hallock, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1958	Miva, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1958	Feodosiia, UA	monthly high max	21.8 C (71.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1958	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1958	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	31 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 386 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	295
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1