Weather Records on 6 December 1956

1,633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1956. Highest significance: Ellesmere, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1956

On 6 December 1956, 1,633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
800 were record highs and 553 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,526 daily.
Ellesmere set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 6 December 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,633 stations

1,633 station records on 6 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenezer (Weltevrede)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,633 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 301, Highest daily minimum 456, Lowest daily minimum 252, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	301
Highest daily minimum	456
Lowest daily minimum	252
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 106, daily 1,526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,394 broken records

Margins by which the 1,394 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

6 December 1956

Top 20 records on 6 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1956	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Montpelier Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Ebenezer (Weltevrede), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Esperanza, ZA	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Springfontein (Mun), ZA	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Pella, ZA	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Basberg, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Oranje, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1956	Norvalspont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	45 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

1804 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1956. 1956 had 1,633 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	1,373
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1