Weather Records on 30 September 1956

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 1956. Highest significance: Palmerville, AU.

Key Facts for 30 September 1956

On 30 September 1956, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 341 daily.
Palmerville set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 30 September 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 30 September 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anupshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chhata	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 30 September 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 September 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 172.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 1956

Top 20 records on 30 September 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1956	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 September 1956	Malakapuram, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Sanganer, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Pearlington, US	daily rain	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Balanpur, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Amalapuram, IN	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Bowen Downs, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Khair, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Houma, US	all-time rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Koolpinyah, AU	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Baramulla, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1956	Abor Downs, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	39 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

1806 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1956. 1956 had 350 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	529

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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 25	264
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1