Weather Records on 10 June 1956

871 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 June 1956. Highest significance: Wattoning, AU.

Key Facts for 10 June 1956

On 10 June 1956, 871 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 848 daily.
Wattoning set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 10 June 1956.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

871 stations

871 station records on 10 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wubin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whetstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hakea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

871 records

Records set or tied on 10 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 10 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 June 1956

Top 20 records on 10 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 June 1956	Wattoning, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Bhandaria, IN	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Cooma (Gurrabeal), AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Koobabbie, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Winchester, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Coquitlam Lake, CA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Wubin, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Whetstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Nagerutari, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Chand, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Burakin, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Wapato, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Baandee, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1956	Shahganj, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 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

1797 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 871 records.

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

Records on 06-10 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1811	2
1812	1
1814	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	11
1903	11
1904	14
1905	9
1906	20
1907	11
1908	32
1909	23
1910	30
1911	59
1912	126
1913	58
1914	46
1915	82
1916	67
1917	61
1918	31
1919	17
1920	29
1921	166
1922	54
1923	143
1924	70
1925	149
1926	103
1927	155
1928	212
1929	160
1930	358
1931	317
1932	145
1933	703
1934	248
1935	223
1936	242
1937	540
1938	386
1939	293
1940	244
1941	716
1942	630
1943	189
1944	213
1945	574
1946	379
1947	663
1948	311
1949	335
1950	343
1951	324
1952	389
1953	641
1954	482
1955	1,090
1956	871
1957	691
1958	646
1959	444
1960	198
1961	358
1962	243
1963	641
1964	722
1965	355
1966	720
1967	619
1968	453
1969	485
1970	642
1971	297
1972	885
1973	685
1974	606
1975	621
1976	494
1977	859
1978	623
1979	868
1980	1,021
1981	1,064
1982	591
1983	550
1984	875
1985	607
1986	641
1987	563
1988	1,304
1989	923
1990	878
1991	954
1992	771
1993	1,083
1994	751
1995	1,380
1996	1,210
1997	1,099
1998	1,415
1999	1,113
2000	1,402
2001	769
2002	1,320
2003	760
2004	1,063
2005	1,272
2006	928
2007	795
2008	1,699
2009	1,049
2010	1,003
2011	1,002
2012	804
2013	840
2014	980
2015	823
2016	607
2017	455
2018	626
2019	768
2020	853
2021	1,003
2022	973
2023	467
2024	582
2025	1,270
2026	606

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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	690
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1