Weather Records on 25 April 1956

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1956. Highest significance: Gatcombe Head, AU.

Key Facts for 25 April 1956

On 25 April 1956, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 301 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 600 daily.
Gatcombe Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 25 April 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

607 stations

607 station records on 25 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bollier	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derrylin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denial Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 227, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	227
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1956

Top 20 records on 25 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1956	Gatcombe Head, AU	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1956	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1956	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Belmont, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Struth, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Courela (Challner), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Bradford, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Emu Creek, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Bollier, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Burenda, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Diddillibah, AU	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Derrylin, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Denial Bay, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1956	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 607 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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 20	436
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1