Weather Records on 17 February 1958

1,806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1958. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 17 February 1958

On 17 February 1958, 1,806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 1,272 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 32 were all-time records, 95 monthly and 1,679 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 17 February 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,806 stations

1,806 station records on 17 February 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	376.2 mm (14.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	405.6 mm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bijepur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	458.0 mm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keedysville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,806 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 671, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 601, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 17 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	671
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	601
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 17 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 32, monthly 95, daily 1,679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,535 broken records

Margins by which the 1,535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1958

Top 20 records on 17 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1958	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	147 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 February 1958	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	376.2 mm (14.8 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1958	Kempten, DE	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1958	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1958	Asheville, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1958	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1958	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	405.6 mm (16.0 in)	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	White River Junction, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	E Stroudsburg, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	S Haven, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Bijepur, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Walhalla, US	all-time low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	all-time rain	458.0 mm (18.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Athens, US	monthly low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Moorestown 4 E, US	all-time snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1958	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	all-time low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	44 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 1,806 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	1,504
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2