Weather Records on 16 July 1956

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1956. Highest significance: Wallal Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1956

On 16 July 1956, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 400 daily.
Wallal Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 16 July 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 16 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 16 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1956

Top 20 records on 16 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1956	Wallal Downs, AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1956	Mount House Station, AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Noonkanbah, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Timber Creek Police, AU	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Ebensburg, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Sapotra, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Arrah Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Garhshankar, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Grannis, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Brownsville Lock 6, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Fermoy, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Deo, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1956	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 417 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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	254
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1