Weather Records on 26 January 1956

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1956. Highest significance: Sierra Madre Henszey, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1956

On 26 January 1956, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 482 daily.
Sierra Madre Henszey set a daily record precipitation of 171.2 mm (6.7 in) on 26 January 1956.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 26 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upland	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	475.0 mm (18.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Cn Mouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 26 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 26 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 378.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1956

Top 20 records on 26 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1956	Sierra Madre Henszey, US	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1956	Upland, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1956	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Lytle Creek Ph, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	475.0 mm (18.7 in)	378.2 mm (14.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	monthly rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	San Pedro, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	San Fernando, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	San Antonio Cn Mouth, US	daily rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	193.6 mm (7.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Miller, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Oxnard, US	all-time rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Valyermo Rs, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Lamoille Ph, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Altadena, US	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1956	Palmdale, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	43 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

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 505 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1956-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	380
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1