Weather Records on 5 November 1956

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1956. Highest significance: Crookston NW Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1956

On 5 November 1956, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 795 daily.
Crookston NW Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 5 November 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 5 November 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Macrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

695 broken records

Margins by which the 695 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1956

Top 20 records on 5 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1956	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1956	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1956	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Macrossan, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Newry, AU	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Queenton, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Pierson, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Shoshone, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Virden, CA	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1956	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 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

1801 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1956. 1956 had 820 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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 50	660
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3