Weather Records on 13 July 1956

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1956. Highest significance: Clinton, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 1956

On 13 July 1956, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 428 daily.
Clinton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 13 July 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 13 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kherwara	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salwani(Silvani)	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 13 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1956

Top 20 records on 13 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1956	Clinton, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Ruel, CA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Basoda, IN	daily rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Bali, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Lillooet, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Sirohi, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Kherwara, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Strasbourg, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Algonquin Park, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Scotia, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Talent, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Coniston, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Durham, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Montreal River, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1956	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	39 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

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 436 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	321
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1