Weather Records on 19 October 1956

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1956. Highest significance: Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1956

On 19 October 1956, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 470 daily.
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir) set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 19 October 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 19 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Harbour CS	Canada	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 19 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1956

Top 20 records on 19 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1956	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1956	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1956	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Silvan State School, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Camperdown (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	117 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Marysville (Post Office), AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Anglesea, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Champhai, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1956	Moorabool Reservoir, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 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 490 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	324
10 to 20	69
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1