Weather Records on 7 June 1956

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 June 1956. Highest significance: Weissenfels, DE.

Key Facts for 7 June 1956

On 7 June 1956, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 335 daily.
Weissenfels set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 7 June 1956.
Across 172 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

346 stations

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

Weather records on 7 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 7 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 7 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 June 1956

Top 20 records on 7 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 June 1956	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Thursday Island Township, AU	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Alkmaar, ZA	monthly rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Minnipa, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Franklin, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Port Alberni, CA	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Maytown, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Turigaria (Kaira), IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Kingston, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Bamfield, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1956	Brandenburg-Gorden, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	37 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 346 records.

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

Records on 06-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1804	2
1811	1
1813	1
1826	1
1827	2
1829	1
1832	1
1837	1
1841	2
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1854	3
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	12
1902	4
1903	17
1904	9
1905	17
1906	9
1907	13
1908	24
1909	13
1910	21
1911	21
1912	33
1913	23
1914	42
1915	50
1916	57
1917	285
1918	34
1919	25
1920	58
1921	181
1922	113
1923	124
1924	189
1925	284
1926	240
1927	173
1928	182
1929	116
1930	260
1931	430
1932	294
1933	824
1934	441
1935	433
1936	277
1937	304
1938	319
1939	343
1940	237
1941	534
1942	265
1943	321
1944	319
1945	709
1946	479
1947	303
1948	848
1949	271
1950	784
1951	475
1952	638
1953	483
1954	461
1955	410
1956	346
1957	233
1958	578
1959	508
1960	255
1961	528
1962	333
1963	693
1964	441
1965	391
1966	388
1967	545
1968	593
1969	447
1970	656
1971	408
1972	829
1973	592
1974	741
1975	656
1976	609
1977	1,353
1978	875
1979	614
1980	846
1981	1,259
1982	727
1983	1,296
1984	1,121
1985	1,174
1986	990
1987	1,232
1988	1,468
1989	860
1990	795
1991	1,118
1992	731
1993	1,241
1994	1,072
1995	1,239
1996	1,380
1997	1,384
1998	1,960
1999	1,084
2000	1,588
2001	909
2002	981
2003	1,044
2004	1,032
2005	1,117
2006	1,055
2007	1,369
2008	1,515
2009	1,135
2010	916
2011	1,511
2012	578
2013	772
2014	485
2015	510
2016	818
2017	509
2018	450
2019	661
2020	809
2021	789
2022	438
2023	577
2024	831
2025	652
2026	419

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 June 1956
Margin	Records
0 to 10	228
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	6