Weather Records on 17 October 1956

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1956. Highest significance: Carrathool (Uardry), AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1956

On 17 October 1956, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 352 daily.
Carrathool (Uardry) set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 17 October 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 17 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

284 broken records

Margins by which the 284 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1956

Top 20 records on 17 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1956	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Willunga, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Bysonder, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Magadi, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Brackettville, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Elamang, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Barrie, CA	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Proddatur, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1956	Koilkuntla, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1956	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1956	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1956	Campos Sales, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	33 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 353 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	259
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1