Weather Records on 10 August 1956

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1956. Highest significance: Branxholme (Bassett), AU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1956

On 10 August 1956, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 510 daily.
Branxholme (Bassett) set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 10 August 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 10 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garanhuns	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 10 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1956

Top 20 records on 10 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1956	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Branxholme, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Palmer, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Portland, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Anadia, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Karera, IN	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Aguas Belas, BR	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Stuttgart, DE	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Garanhuns, BR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1956	Aach, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 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

1814 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1956. 1956 had 522 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1956-08-10: 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 10	331
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2