Weather Records on 6 October 1956

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1956. Highest significance: Parnu, EE.

Key Facts for 6 October 1956

On 6 October 1956, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 437 daily.
Parnu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.1 mm (1.7 in) on 6 October 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 6 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaso	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fernihurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Anicut	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1956

Top 20 records on 6 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1956	Parnu, EE	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Serampore, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Chachora, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Jaso, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Partabgarh, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Fernihurst, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Turi, EE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Gosford (Narara Research Stati, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Kunch, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Kerang, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Vaniyambadi, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Peint, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1956	Kialla East, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 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

1802 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1956. 1956 had 449 records.

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

Records on 10-06 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1817	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	2
1854	3
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	7
1865	1
1867	3
1868	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	6
1898	1
1899	3
1900	14
1901	8
1902	10
1903	14
1904	13
1905	10
1906	20
1907	14
1908	17
1909	17
1910	60
1911	14
1912	46
1913	28
1914	7
1915	17
1916	69
1917	95
1918	45
1919	51
1920	104
1921	46
1922	45
1923	136
1924	263
1925	208
1926	219
1927	175
1928	149
1929	155
1930	574
1931	470
1932	905
1933	183
1934	259
1935	1,055
1936	275
1937	413
1938	319
1939	702
1940	225
1941	1,148
1942	198
1943	485
1944	219
1945	202
1946	678
1947	584
1948	342
1949	548
1950	340
1951	537
1952	1,414
1953	355
1954	663
1955	629
1956	449
1957	488
1958	707
1959	560
1960	545
1961	469
1962	433
1963	693
1964	1,138
1965	1,143
1966	351
1967	383
1968	578
1969	377
1970	711
1971	514
1972	458
1973	311
1974	922
1975	673
1976	841
1977	561
1978	376
1979	1,002
1980	1,259
1981	748
1982	1,058
1983	743
1984	769
1985	720
1986	647
1987	838
1988	964
1989	470
1990	953
1991	1,045
1992	675
1993	1,056
1994	1,201
1995	1,392
1996	843
1997	1,013
1998	1,638
1999	914
2000	1,773
2001	988
2002	694
2003	817
2004	582
2005	1,414
2006	1,030
2007	2,337
2008	644
2009	1,722
2010	995
2011	1,582
2012	1,133
2013	797
2014	428
2015	567
2016	473
2017	489
2018	968
2019	533
2020	1,072
2021	665
2022	654
2023	650
2024	1,025
2025	486
2026	900

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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	269
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1