Weather Records on 23 July 1956

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1956. Highest significance: Jaipur, IN.

Key Facts for 23 July 1956

On 23 July 1956, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 397 daily.
Jaipur set a daily record precipitation of 143.3 mm (5.6 in) on 23 July 1956.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 23 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dinninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ayodhya Ajobhy	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 23 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

336 broken records

Margins by which the 336 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1956

Top 20 records on 23 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1956	Jaipur, IN	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Panna, IN	daily rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Greenville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Vidisha, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Neosho, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Jaswantpura, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Dinninup, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Ismailia, EG	monthly high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Sagrampur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Borio, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Annex Creek, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Margherita, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1956	Cherry Tree, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 402 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 25	310
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1