Weather Records on 1 March 1956

523 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1956. Highest significance: Bellbrook (East Street), AU.

Key Facts for 1 March 1956

On 1 March 1956, 523 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 501 daily.
Bellbrook (East Street) set a daily record precipitation of 154.2 mm (6.1 in) on 1 March 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

523 stations

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

Weather records on 1 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

523 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 1 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 1 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1956

Top 20 records on 1 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1956	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1956	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Cundletown Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Lawson (Wilson Street), AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Quilpie Airport, AU	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Millers Forest School, AU	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Comongin North, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1956	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 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

1808 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1956. 1956 had 523 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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 100	427
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1