Weather Records on 7 August 1956

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1956. Highest significance: Balasore, IN.

Key Facts for 7 August 1956

On 7 August 1956, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 314 daily.
Balasore set a daily record precipitation of 172.0 mm (6.8 in) on 7 August 1956.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 7 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simdega	India	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 7 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1956

Top 20 records on 7 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1956	Balasore, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Simdega, IN	daily rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Elatma, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Sanganer, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Bano, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1956	Cuttack, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	Raj-Nilgiri, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	Ciudad Real (Instituto), ES	daily low max	23.6 C (74.5 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1956	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	26 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

1808 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1956. 1956 had 321 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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 20	206
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1