Weather Records on 13 August 1956

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1956. Highest significance: Mustafabad Jasra, IN.

Key Facts for 13 August 1956

On 13 August 1956, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 351 daily.
Mustafabad Jasra set a daily record precipitation of 168.4 mm (6.6 in) on 13 August 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 13 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 13 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 351.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1956

Top 20 records on 13 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1956	Mustafabad Jasra, IN	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1956	Angola, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Burnley, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Macomb, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Hasanganj, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Lencois, BR	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Dholpur, IN	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Hammond, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Rougemont, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Sarila, IN	daily rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	La Harpe, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Walnut, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Montpelier, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1956	Crystal Falls, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1956	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 355 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

Download the Data

Data for records on 1956-08-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	256
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1