Weather Records on 24 August 1956

364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1956. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 24 August 1956

On 24 August 1956, 364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 358 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 24 August 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

364 stations

364 station records on 24 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falakata Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

364 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 24 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1956

Top 20 records on 24 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1956	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1956	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1956	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Raghopur, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Uttiramerur, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Laurel Hill (Kundiewa), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Putbus, DE	daily low min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Nanjangud, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Sepaya, IN	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1956	Quebec, CA	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Bolpur, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Grand Coteau, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Hoburg, SE	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Edinburg, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1956	Gopalganj Sr, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	31 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

1802 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1956. 1956 had 364 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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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	258
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1