Weather Records on 22 June 1956

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 June 1956. Highest significance: Bettiah, IN.

Key Facts for 22 June 1956

On 22 June 1956, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 370 daily.
Bettiah set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 22 June 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 22 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pertabpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence at Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 22 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 22 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 June 1956

Top 20 records on 22 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 June 1956	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Lakhnadon, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Caico, BR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Francis, CA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Winona, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Eugenia, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Yarronvale, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Cythera, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Cobar (Tambua), AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Dindori, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Leavenworth Dam 44, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Gudur, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Elliston, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1956	Kandukur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 June 1956	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 376 records.

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

Records on 06-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1812	1
1814	1
1821	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	2
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	5
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	16
1905	18
1906	17
1907	19
1908	23
1909	18
1910	50
1911	13
1912	18
1913	70
1914	21
1915	46
1916	71
1917	42
1918	56
1919	28
1920	59
1921	95
1922	28
1923	159
1924	89
1925	248
1926	199
1927	116
1928	179
1929	132
1930	218
1931	255
1932	171
1933	496
1934	236
1935	292
1936	703
1937	447
1938	294
1939	300
1940	556
1941	411
1942	456
1943	361
1944	371
1945	485
1946	267
1947	828
1948	562
1949	382
1950	403
1951	382
1952	523
1953	587
1954	480
1955	345
1956	376
1957	685
1958	754
1959	352
1960	341
1961	720
1962	257
1963	855
1964	423
1965	493
1966	485
1967	604
1968	325
1969	715
1970	562
1971	315
1972	1,308
1973	654
1974	608
1975	789
1976	645
1977	558
1978	377
1979	476
1980	503
1981	1,055
1982	714
1983	1,096
1984	513
1985	447
1986	505
1987	1,192
1988	2,112
1989	960
1990	778
1991	819
1992	2,071
1993	756
1994	747
1995	840
1996	894
1997	1,010
1998	1,402
1999	724
2000	980
2001	799
2002	971
2003	975
2004	769
2005	1,014
2006	803
2007	954
2008	719
2009	1,029
2010	889
2011	1,018
2012	1,076
2013	482
2014	390
2015	647
2016	798
2017	1,180
2018	511
2019	1,183
2020	517
2021	1,147
2022	714
2023	1,242
2024	749
2025	1,849
2026	837

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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	253
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3