Weather Records on 14 March 1956

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1956. Highest significance: Marulan (George St), AU.

Key Facts for 14 March 1956

On 14 March 1956, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 809 daily.
Marulan (George St) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 229.1 mm (9.0 in) on 14 March 1956.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 14 March 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lodge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 420, Heaviest daily snowfall 138, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 14 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	420
Heaviest daily snowfall	138
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 14 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1397.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1956

Top 20 records on 14 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1956	Marulan (George St), AU	all-time rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1956	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1956	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1956	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Cedaredge, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Humula (Rylands), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Toulby, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Berrigan Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Izana, ES	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Wallace, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Forest Lodge, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1956	Pikeville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 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

1810 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1956. 1956 had 820 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 200	710
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1