Weather Records on 16 September 1956

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1956. Highest significance: Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 September 1956

On 16 September 1956, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 595 daily.
Premier Mine-Cullinan set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 16 September 1956.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 16 September 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenup Dam 3O	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chauradano	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 266, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 16 September 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	266
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1956

Top 20 records on 16 September 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1956	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Piripiri, BR	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Falmouth, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	149.3 mm (5.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Grimsby, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Vanceburg, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Bansgaon, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Ponnamaravathi, IN	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Padrauna, IN	all-time rain	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1956	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1956	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1956	Greenup Dam 3O, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	4 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 605 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	441
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1