Weather Records on 7 May 1956

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1956. Highest significance: Olaa 92, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1956

On 7 May 1956, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 646 daily.
Olaa 92 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 198.1 mm (7.8 in) on 7 May 1956.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 7 May 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klipdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doorndraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1956

Top 20 records on 7 May 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1956	Olaa 92, US	monthly rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1956	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Vanrook Station, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Capel, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Challa, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Watheroo, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Strathmore, AU	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Isleworth, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Sub-Nigel (Gm), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Manavi, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Albion, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1956	Koolpinyah, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 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

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 665 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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	522
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1