Weather Records on 7 December 1956

1,358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1956. Highest significance: Carlyle, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1956

On 7 December 1956, 1,358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 488 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,243 daily.
Carlyle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 7 December 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,358 stations

1,358 station records on 7 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,358 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 273, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 7 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	273
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 7 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 114, daily 1,243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,126 broken records

Margins by which the 1,126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1956

Top 20 records on 7 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1956	Carlyle, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1956	Salem, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1956	Kawailoa, US	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Cowan Cowan Signal STN, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Cegcuana (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Pacific, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Greensburg, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Union, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Kapokhoek, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Astoria, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Muncie 4 SE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Jerome, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1956	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	1 year	43 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

1801 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1956. 1956 had 1,358 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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	1,094
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2