Weather Records on 8 February 1956

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1956. Highest significance: Bakara, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1956

On 8 February 1956, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 565 daily.
Bakara set an all-time record daily precipitation of 255.3 mm (10.1 in) on 8 February 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 8 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bakara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.9 mm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 8 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 8 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1956

Top 20 records on 8 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1956	Bakara, AU	all-time rain	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	24 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1956	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1956	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1956	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Narromine (Alagala Old), AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Teryawynia, AU	all-time rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Kleindubbelvlei, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Moree (Talmoi), AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Carina Hill Crescent, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1956	Glentana, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 584 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Data for records on 1956-02-08: 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 100	516
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1