Weather Records on 1 January 1956

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1956. Highest significance: Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1956

On 1 January 1956, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 297 daily.
Branxholm (Stoke Street) set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 1 January 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 1 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 1 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 1 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1956

Top 20 records on 1 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1956	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	St Patricks River (Targa Farm), AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Blessington Upper, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Zeehan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	monthly low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Morro Do Chapeu, BR	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Macaubas, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Rosebery, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Edith Creek, AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Umatilla, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1956	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1956	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1956	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1956	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1956	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1956	Serowe, BW	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	32 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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 306 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	253
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1