Weather Records on 19 July 1956

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1956. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 19 July 1956

On 19 July 1956, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 537 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 19 July 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 19 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 19 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1956

Top 20 records on 19 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1956	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Muenster, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Greenough, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Janwada, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Gudivada, IN	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Sangareddi(Rev), IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Salur, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Florence, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Barrie, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Nandikottur, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1956	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 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

1799 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1956. 1956 had 552 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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	362
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1