Weather Records on 14 July 1956

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1956. Highest significance: Mandora, AU.

Key Facts for 14 July 1956

On 14 July 1956, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 345 daily.
Mandora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 14 July 1956.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 14 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suvasaratappa	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	274.6 mm (10.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 14 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1956

Top 20 records on 14 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1956	Mandora, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Jalore, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Koshkonong, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Bidyadanga, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Uttamachipura, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Susner, IN	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Jaswantpura, IN	all-time rain	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Dug (Dag), IN	daily rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Republic, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Weimar, DE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Suvasaratappa, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Melfort, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Cape Leveque, AU	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1956	Milan, IT	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	45 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

1802 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1956. 1956 had 360 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

Download the Data

Data for records on 1956-07-14: 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	235
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2