Weather Records on 11 December 1956

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1956. Highest significance: Nicosia, CY.

Key Facts for 11 December 1956

On 11 December 1956, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 292 daily.
Nicosia set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 11 December 1956.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 11 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chewelah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-50.0 C (-58.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Ameri Fork Pwhs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuna	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 11 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 11 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 292.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1956

Top 20 records on 11 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1956	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1956	Fremont 5 NW, US	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1956	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Oxford, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	McAdam, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Mill Creek, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Brookings, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Detroit, US	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Imbil Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Eads, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Albanel, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1956	Idaho City, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	58 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

1796 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 300 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	250
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1