Weather Records on 3 October 1956

222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1956. Highest significance: Pali, IN.

Key Facts for 3 October 1956

On 3 October 1956, 222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 212 daily.
Pali set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 3 October 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

222 stations

222 station records on 3 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tharad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viramgam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhuj Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

222 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 3 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1956

Top 20 records on 3 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1956	Pali, IN	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1956	Jalore, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1956	Merta City, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1956	Ratangarh, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Ulm, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Sonamarg &, IN	monthly rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Tharad, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Theethandathanam, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Sachor, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Karur, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Didwana, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Greensboro, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Wankaner, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Dungargarh, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Nalia, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Sheoganj, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1956	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	35 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

1834 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1956. 1956 had 222 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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 10	110
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3