Weather Records on 17 June 1956

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1956. Highest significance: Neidavasal, IN.

Key Facts for 17 June 1956

On 17 June 1956, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 368 daily.
Neidavasal set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 17 June 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 17 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Anicut	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Runyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naubatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 17 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1956

Top 20 records on 17 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1956	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1956	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1956	Wauneta, US	monthly rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Tracy, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Callaghan Creek Station, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Franklinville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Ellendale, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Estes Park, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Kappawanta, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Koppio, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Sao Miguel, BR	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Chidambaram, IN	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1956	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 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

1807 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1956. 1956 had 375 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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Data for records on 1956-06-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	227
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1