Weather Records on 6 November 1956

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1956. Highest significance: Antigo, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 1956

On 6 November 1956, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 419 daily.
Antigo set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 6 November 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

431 stations

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

Weather records on 6 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ona	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 6 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 6 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 419.

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 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1956

Top 20 records on 6 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1956	Antigo, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Merrill, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Bottineau, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Coddington 1 E, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Minocqua, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Ona, NO	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Robeline, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Havana, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Havana, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1956	Rhinelander, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	46 years	41 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 431 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 25	329
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1