Weather Records on 18 June 1956

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1956. Highest significance: Strathalbyn, AU.

Key Facts for 18 June 1956

On 18 June 1956, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 363 daily.
Strathalbyn set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 18 June 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 18 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1956

Top 20 records on 18 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1956	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Meadows, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Huntington, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Ironton, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Ninette, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Wayne, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Pontiac Wwtp, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Souris, CA	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Whitestown, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Rayne 6 N, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Faribault, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	New Cumberland L/D, US	all-time rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Bowbells, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1956	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	41 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

1800 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1956. 1956 had 373 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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 18 June 1956
Margin	Records
0 to 20	268
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2