Weather Records on 21 June 1956

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1956. Highest significance: Watertown Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 1956

On 21 June 1956, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 528 daily.
Watertown Rgnl AP set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 21 June 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 21 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pense	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lloydminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamdaha(West)	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jenner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonaula	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cockatoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evans Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 21 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1956

Top 20 records on 21 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1956	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1956	Pense, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Mehgawan, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Deaver, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Ennore Obsy, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Vanrook Station, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Rajampet, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Kavali, IN	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Lloydminster, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Dhamdaha(West), IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Madhipura, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Decatur, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Souris, CA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1956	Kings Mills, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 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

1802 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1956. 1956 had 534 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	347
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2