Weather Records on 12 July 1956

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1956. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 12 July 1956

On 12 July 1956, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 466 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 12 July 1956.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 12 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simdega	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen Kaman	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 333.

Records on 12 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1956

Top 20 records on 12 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1956	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1956	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1956	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1956	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Tilba Tilba, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Port Washington, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Damoh, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Murrumburrah Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Wani, IN	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Sultanganj, IN	monthly rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1956	Castlewood, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	50 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 474 records.

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

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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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	346
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	2