Weather Records on 1 August 1956

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1956. Highest significance: Saanichton Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 1 August 1956

On 1 August 1956, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 432 daily.
Saanichton Cda set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 1 August 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 1 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	233.9 mm (9.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brown Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 266.

Records on 1 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1956

Top 20 records on 1 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1956	Saanichton Cda, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Mokhada, IN	daily rain	233.9 mm (9.2 in)	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Kota-In-Rajasthan, IN	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Trimbak, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Galesburg, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Pastura 6 SSE, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Buxton, GB	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Bradford, GB	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Raver, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Syracuse, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Windsor, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Lundbreck, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Mahim, IN	monthly rain	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Pana, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1956	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 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

1797 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 441 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1956-08-01: 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	328
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1