Weather Records on 2 February 1956

1,323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1956. Highest significance: Quantambone, AU.

Key Facts for 2 February 1956

On 2 February 1956, 1,323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 481 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,267 daily.
Quantambone set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 2 February 1956.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

1,323 stations

1,323 station records on 2 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barjora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ranaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	277.4 mm (10.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,323 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 271, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 586, Heaviest daily snowfall 170, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 2 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	271
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	586
Heaviest daily snowfall	170
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 2 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 48, daily 1,267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,183 broken records

Margins by which the 1,183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1956

Top 20 records on 2 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1956	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1956	Arcadia, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1956	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Kathghora, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Barjora, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Agricultural College, US	all-time snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Onda, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Mannington 1 N, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Milroy, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Westernport, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Ranaghat, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Ozark, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1956	Saint Johns, US	all-time snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	46 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 1,323 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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Data for records on 1956-02-02: 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 25	980
25 to 50	125
50 to 75	45
75 to 100	21
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1