Weather Records on 9 August 1956

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1956. Highest significance: Banda, IN.

Key Facts for 9 August 1956

On 9 August 1956, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 267 daily.
Banda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 303.5 mm (11.9 in) on 9 August 1956.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 9 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	303.5 mm (11.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1956

Top 20 records on 9 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1956	Banda, IN	all-time rain	303.5 mm (11.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1956	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Panna, IN	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Khurai, IN	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Ville Marie, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Sagar, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Damoh, IN	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Sanganer, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Bowie, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Nome AP, US	all-time rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Pana, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Golden, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1956	Luna Rs, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 278 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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Data for records on 1956-08-09: 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	177
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1