Weather Records on 15 July 1956

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1956. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 15 July 1956

On 15 July 1956, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 321 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a daily record precipitation of 58.5 mm (2.3 in) on 15 July 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 15 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 15 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 25, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

274 broken records

Margins by which the 274 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1956

Top 20 records on 15 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1956	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1956	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1956	Leopold Downs, AU	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1956	Newry, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1956	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1956	Cape Leveque, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Halle, DE	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Lawton, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Artern, DE	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Ivanhoe Station, AU	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Victoria River Downs, AU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Meda, AU	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1956	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	42 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 351 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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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 10	201
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1