YearFinal SPC data

1958

564 tornadoes in 1958, with 483 hail and 633 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 145 F1 233 F2 145 F3 36 F4 4 F5 1

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

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Storm days

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Running count

1958 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19581991 to 2020 average1953 to 1963 (other years)

564 tornadoes in 1958, 54% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	11/17/58	32	0	0	F3	AR, KS, MO, OK, TX
2	04/05/58	18	0	2	F3	AL, IA, IL, IN, MO
3	02/26/58	15	0	13	F3	AL, LA, MS, OK, TN
4	06/12/58	15	0	0	F3	IN, KS, KY, NC, WY
5	05/31/58	13	0	0	F3	IL, IN, KS, MI, MO, WI
6	07/10/58	12	0	0	F2	IL, KS, NE, TX, WY
7	06/08/58	11	0	0	F2	CO, IA, IL, IN, TX, WY
8	06/04/58	10	3	28	F5	MN, MT, NE, WI
9	05/02/58	10	0	0	F3	KY, OK, TX
10	06/11/58	10	0	0	F2	KS, NE, OK
11	06/13/58	10	0	0	F2	IL, IN, MO, NJ, OH, TX
12	07/11/58	10	0	0	F3	IL, KY, MA, ME, OH, OK
13	07/18/58	10	0	0	F3	CO, NE, WY
14	05/03/58	8	0	0	F2	IL, IN, MO, TX
15	07/02/58	8	0	0	F2	ME, MT, NE

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	11/17/58	59	32	0	27	–	85 kt (98 mph)
2	06/10/58	40	5	20	15	4 in	71 kt (82 mph)
3	06/08/58	34	11	7	16	2.75 in	91 kt (105 mph)
4	07/10/58	34	12	7	15	3 in	85 kt (98 mph)
5	05/31/58	32	13	7	12	8 in	70 kt (81 mph)
6	04/05/58	31	18	3	10	1 in	90 kt (104 mph)
7	04/24/58	29	4	7	18	2 in	65 kt (75 mph)
8	06/12/58	29	15	2	12	1 in	65 kt (75 mph)
9	06/13/58	25	10	3	12	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
10	04/21/58	24	4	12	8	5 in	52 kt (60 mph)
11	06/15/58	23	4	8	11	2.5 in	63 kt (72 mph)
12	04/19/58	22	3	8	11	2 in	80 kt (92 mph)
13	07/11/58	22	10	7	5	2.75 in	63 kt (72 mph)
14	08/14/58	22	4	9	9	4 in	52 kt (60 mph)
15	02/26/58	21	15	2	4	1.75 in	71 kt (82 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/31/58	8 in	Fayette County, IA
2	07/12/58	6 in	Seward County, KS
3	04/21/58	5 in	Robertson County, TX
4	04/30/58	5 in	Bosque County, TX
5	03/12/58	4 in	Graham County, AZ
6	04/28/58	4 in	Love County, OK
7	05/18/58	4 in	Weld County, CO
8	05/21/58	4 in	Spink County, SD
9	06/04/58	4 in	Seward County, NE
10	06/10/58	4 in	Lyon County, KS
11	06/10/58	4 in	Pulaski County, MO
12	06/11/58	4 in	Izard County, AR
13	06/18/58	4 in	Carbon County, MT
14	07/04/58	4 in	Decatur County, KS
15	08/07/58	4 in	Clinton County, IA

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	06/08/58	91 kt	105	Not given	Fayette County, IN
2	04/05/58	90 kt	104	Not given	Parke County, IN
3	07/11/58	85 kt	98	Not given	Seward County, KS
4	07/11/58	85 kt	98	Not given	Lyon County, KS
5	09/09/58	85 kt	98	Not given	Van Buren County, MI
6	11/17/58	85 kt	98	Not given	Tarrant County, TX
7	09/11/58	83 kt	96	Not given	Flathead County, MT
8	05/12/58	82 kt	94	Not given	Franklin County, VT
9	06/08/58	82 kt	94	Not given	Saline County, KS
10	04/19/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Potter County, TX
11	04/20/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Tarrant County, TX
12	06/25/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Monroe County, NY
13	06/30/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Mahnomen County, MN
14	07/11/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Shawnee County, KS
15	07/11/58	80 kt	92	Not given	Shawnee County, KS

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/15/58	F4	Gulfport, Florida	FL	0.1 mi	300 yd	0	7
06/04/58	F5	Woodville to Colfax, Wisconsin	WI	33.7 mi	880 yd	21	74
06/04/58	F4	Lake Hallie to Cadott, Wisconsin	WI	11.1 mi	600 yd	3	50
06/04/58	F4	Fall Creek to Edgar, Wisconsin	WI	59.2 mi	880 yd	4	3
06/10/58	F4	Towanda to El Dorado, Kansas	KS	9.0 mi	300 yd	15	5

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
06/04/58	F5	Woodville to Colfax, Wisconsin	WI	33.7 mi	880 yd	21	74
06/10/58	F4	Towanda to El Dorado, Kansas	KS	9.0 mi	300 yd	15	5
02/26/58	F3	Utica to Carthage, Mississippi	MS	69.7 mi	60 yd	8	26
02/26/58	F3	Richton to Waynesboro, Mississippi	MS	29.1 mi	100 yd	4	20
06/04/58	F4	Fall Creek to Edgar, Wisconsin	WI	59.2 mi	880 yd	4	3
06/04/58	F4	Lake Hallie to Cadott, Wisconsin	WI	11.1 mi	600 yd	3	50
10/08/58	F3	Ravenwood to Grant City, Missouri	MO	23.1 mi	300 yd	2	7
02/26/58	F3	Florence to Philadelphia, Mississippi	MS	71.0 mi	60 yd	1	34
04/02/58	F3	Wichita Falls to Dean, Texas	TX	16.4 mi	333 yd	1	14
04/05/58	F3	New Athens to Vandalia, Illinois	IL	60.5 mi	100 yd	1	8
04/05/58	F2	Leighton to Rogersville, Alabama	AL	19.2 mi	100 yd	1	1
04/22/58	F2	Elloree to Summerton, South Carolina	SC	17.7 mi	100 yd	1	1
07/01/58	F1	Mountain Iron, Minnesota	MN	2.0 mi	10 yd	1	2
08/04/58	F1	Wabasso, Minnesota	MN	2.0 mi	27 yd	1	2
09/07/58	F0	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts	MA	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	1

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.
Ratings before the mid 1970s. The F Scale came into use in the early 1970s. Tornadoes from 1950 until then were rated afterward from newspaper accounts, photos and records, which tends to make those ratings less certain.

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