Weather Records on 28 June 1956

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1956. Highest significance: Missao Velha, BR.

Key Facts for 28 June 1956

On 28 June 1956, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 565 daily.
Missao Velha set a daily record precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 28 June 1956.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 28 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mossoro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 316.

Records on 28 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1956

Top 20 records on 28 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1956	Missao Velha, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Guntur, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Nelson, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Desterro, BR	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Mount Wedge, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Mossoro, BR	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Butler (Anona), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Acu, BR	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Talia, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	St Peters Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Jaswantpura, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1956	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	38 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

1815 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1956. 1956 had 582 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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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).