Weather Records on 5 July 1956

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1956. Highest significance: Alandi, IN.

Key Facts for 5 July 1956

On 5 July 1956, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 481 daily.
Alandi set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 5 July 1956.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 5 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caruaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ventry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 5 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1956

Top 20 records on 5 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1956	Alandi, IN	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1956	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Poona, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Vadgaon (Maval), IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Bowning (Wanganui), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Toronto, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Waren, DE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Dongargarh, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Lonavala, IN	daily rain	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Dhoraji, IN	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Trenton 2, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Binghamton Wb City, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Petford, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1956	Khed, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	37 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

1796 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 499 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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	372
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1