Weather Records on 24 November 1956

732 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1956. Highest significance: Ejanding, AU.

Key Facts for 24 November 1956

On 24 November 1956, 732 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 497 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 719 daily.
Ejanding set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 24 November 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

732 stations

732 station records on 24 November 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

732 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 256, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 241, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 24 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	256
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	241
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 24 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1956

Top 20 records on 24 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1956	Ejanding, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1956	Gargoti, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Hawkestone, Howick, ZA	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Barrie, CA	monthly low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Loskop, ZA	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Maseskar, SE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Crystal Falls, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Plauen, DE	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1956	Chandgad, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Ottapidaram, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Bulwer (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Arnsberg, DE	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Cooperstown, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1956	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	71 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 732 records.

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

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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	560
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1