Weather Records on 20 July 1956

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1956. Highest significance: Hagerstown 1E, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 1956

On 20 July 1956, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 530 daily.
Hagerstown 1E set an all-time record daily precipitation of 169.9 mm (6.7 in) on 20 July 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 20 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nathana	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 230.

Records on 20 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1956

Top 20 records on 20 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1956	Hagerstown 1E, US	all-time rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1956	Nossen, DE	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1956	Pachora, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1956	Keedysville, US	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Karjat, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Dhond, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Alturas, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Lynchburg 7 St Brg, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Akalkot, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Purcellville, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Bidar, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Ashland, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Sarmera, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1956	Madha, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	5 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

1809 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1956. 1956 had 545 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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).