Weather Records on 8 November 1956

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1956. Highest significance: Merredin Research Station, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1956

On 8 November 1956, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 273 daily.
Merredin Research Station set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 8 November 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 8 November 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nukarni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgoolan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wynrock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 273.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1956

Top 20 records on 8 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1956	Merredin Research Station, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Burracoppin, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Macharla, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Sirur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Akhty, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Namakkal, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1956	Campestre, BR	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Port Alice, CA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Mitchell 5E, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Dawson, CA	daily low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Fort McPherson, CA	daily low min	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Ai-Petri, UA	daily low max	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Birch Tree, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1956	Fergana, UZ	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	35 years	25 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 278 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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	218
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1