Weather Records on 27 September 1956

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1956. Highest significance: Telhara, IN.

Key Facts for 27 September 1956

On 27 September 1956, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 279 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 749 daily.
Telhara set a daily record precipitation of 118.9 mm (4.7 in) on 27 September 1956.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 27 September 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 September 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 75, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1956

Top 20 records on 27 September 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1956	Telhara, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1956	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Parker 1 E, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Titusville, US	monthly low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Siddapur, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Reidsville, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Bedford, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Patur, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Asansol Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Chhuikhadan, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Trier, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Dumka, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1956	Sakoli, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	40 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

1799 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1956. 1956 had 825 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 1956-09-27: 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	596
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1