Weather Records on 23 March 1956

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1956. Highest significance: Lillooet, CA.

Key Facts for 23 March 1956

On 23 March 1956, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 410 daily.
Lillooet set a daily record snowfall of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) on 23 March 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 23 March 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur(Jhirka)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record snow depth	210.8 cm (83.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 23 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 23 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 736.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1956

Top 20 records on 23 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1956	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1956	Harrow Cda, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Leamington, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Itatira, BR	all-time rain	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Monroe, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Khajwa, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Charlotte, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Albion, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Le Roy, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Kingston, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Ferozepur(Jhirka), IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Wayne, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Topchanchi, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Balanpur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Itapipoca, BR	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1956	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 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

1796 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 420 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	326
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1