Weather Records on 22 December 1958

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1958. Highest significance: Wickepin, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1958

On 22 December 1958, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 530 daily.
Wickepin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 22 December 1958.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 22 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nippering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goedgevonden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 22 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 22 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

490 broken records

Margins by which the 490 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1958

Top 20 records on 22 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1958	Wickepin, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1958	Pingelly, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1958	Williams, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1958	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Mundaring, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Dudinin, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Ongerup, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Tambellup, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Narrogin, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Barooga, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Jam Vale, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Badgebup, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Bijnor, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Dumbleyung, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Wagin, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1958	Panipat, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 544 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	489
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1