Weather Records on 28 December 1958

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1958. Highest significance: Willow Tree (Valais), AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1958

On 28 December 1958, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 467 daily.
Willow Tree (Valais) set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 28 December 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 28 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Michie	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1958

Top 20 records on 28 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1958	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1958	Durham, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1958	Statesville 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1958	Saluda, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1958	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Newry, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Marion, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Parker 1 E, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Roanoke, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Oxford 1 E, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Randleman, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Asheville, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Mt Airy 2 W, US	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1958	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	48 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 489 records.

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

Records on 12-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1794	2
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1822	2
1824	2
1829	1
1839	3
1842	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1859	2
1864	1
1866	1
1871	2
1872	3
1876	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	2
1882	6
1885	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	6
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	6
1903	14
1904	13
1905	19
1906	14
1907	71
1908	19
1909	19
1910	10
1911	9
1912	43
1913	18
1914	41
1915	37
1916	60
1917	73
1918	24
1919	238
1920	52
1921	139
1922	114
1923	159
1924	478
1925	293
1926	236
1927	426
1928	310
1929	489
1930	96
1931	224
1932	246
1933	322
1934	295
1935	371
1936	681
1937	284
1938	161
1939	237
1940	836
1941	159
1942	660
1943	311
1944	240
1945	463
1946	1,328
1947	248
1948	482
1949	421
1950	340
1951	287
1952	102
1953	233
1954	867
1955	521
1956	674
1957	333
1958	489
1959	850
1960	379
1961	361
1962	480
1963	267
1964	614
1965	344
1966	998
1967	756
1968	1,258
1969	713
1970	468
1971	936
1972	425
1973	535
1974	661
1975	642
1976	504
1977	887
1978	865
1979	787
1980	1,303
1981	773
1982	2,226
1983	2,343
1984	2,118
1985	725
1986	553
1987	1,589
1988	1,575
1989	630
1990	1,275
1991	547
1992	915
1993	1,129
1994	1,128
1995	1,214
1996	1,762
1997	898
1998	812
1999	1,102
2000	1,873
2001	514
2002	846
2003	1,228
2004	912
2005	908
2006	842
2007	1,014
2008	1,435
2009	1,070
2010	1,423
2011	754
2012	514
2013	579
2014	525
2015	2,085
2016	732
2017	1,560
2018	811
2019	712
2020	394
2021	1,439
2022	538
2023	959
2024	810
2025	841

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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 50	419
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1