Weather Records on 16 November 1956

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1956. Highest significance: Cornelia Creek Station, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1956

On 16 November 1956, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 395 daily.
Cornelia Creek Station set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 16 November 1956.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 16 November 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1956

Top 20 records on 16 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1956	Cornelia Creek Station, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Northport, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Winter, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Tromso, NO	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Moira Pastoral Co., AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Waranga Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Big St Germain Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Mincha, AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1956	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Moira Lower, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Lien I Selbu, NO	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Kerang, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1956	Waneta, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	26 years	32 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

1805 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1956. 1956 had 405 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	301
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1