Weather Records on 15 December 1956

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1956. Highest significance: Louisburg, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 1956

On 15 December 1956, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 521 daily.
Louisburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 15 December 1956.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 15 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Telkwa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brown Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1956

Top 20 records on 15 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1956	Louisburg, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Newry, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Hillsdown, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Weldon, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Queenton, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Telkwa, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1956	Mirtna, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Glenlyon Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Mansfield, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1956	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5 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 531 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	364
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1