Weather Records on 2 July 1956

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1956. Highest significance: Dadupur, IN.

Key Facts for 2 July 1956

On 2 July 1956, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 495 daily.
Dadupur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 444.5 mm (17.5 in) on 2 July 1956.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 2 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	444.5 mm (17.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	289.8 mm (11.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abohar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 311.

Records on 2 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 18, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1956

Top 20 records on 2 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1956	Dadupur, IN	all-time rain	444.5 mm (17.5 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Muzaffarnagar, IN	all-time rain	289.8 mm (11.4 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Kalingapatam, IN	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Artern, DE	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1956	Palanpur, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Corry, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Deoband, IN	daily rain	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Bedford, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Kirksville, US	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Jafrabad, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Lucerne, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Sachor, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1956	Jind, IN	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	47 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 520 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 1956-07-02: 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 20	332
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2