Weather Records on 27 July 1956

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1956. Highest significance: Sadabad, IN.

Key Facts for 27 July 1956

On 27 July 1956, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 318 daily.
Sadabad set a daily record precipitation of 148.8 mm (5.9 in) on 27 July 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 27 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sathawas	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dasna	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jarauda	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 27 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1956

Top 20 records on 27 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1956	Sadabad, IN	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Gurgaon, IN	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Warren, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Deoband, IN	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Jatusana, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Hissar, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Bhiwani, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Hissar, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Arcadia, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Jhajjar, IN	monthly rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Clarington Lock 14, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1956	Eureka, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1956	Pollock, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1956	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1956	Salimpur, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	33 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

1805 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1956. 1956 had 325 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1956-07-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	226
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1