Weather Records on 8 August 1956

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1956. Highest significance: Aakukui 1007, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1956

On 8 August 1956, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 264 daily.
Aakukui 1007 set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 8 August 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

273 stations

273 station records on 8 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aakukui 1007	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atikokan Cli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centreville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 8 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1956

Top 20 records on 8 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1956	Aakukui 1007, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Balasore, IN	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Digby, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1956	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Plant City, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Springer, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Flandreau, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Annex Creek, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Ismailia, EG	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Hvar, HR	all-time high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Atikokan Cli, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Mahone Bay, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Saint Leo, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Van Meter, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1956	Ft Stanton, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 years	28 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 273 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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 10	162
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1