Weather Records on 22 December 1956

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1956. Highest significance: Killarney Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1956

On 22 December 1956, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 763 daily.
Killarney Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 22 December 1956.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 22 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.3 mm (10.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 592, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	592
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 109, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 179.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1956

Top 20 records on 22 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1956	Killarney Post Office, AU	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Sapphire Post Office, AU	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Cordalba Store, AU	monthly rain	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Boonara, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Tewantin Post Office, AU	monthly rain	258.3 mm (10.2 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Iffley Station, AU	monthly rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Rainworth, AU	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Kloofend, ZA	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1956	Booyal Central State School, AU	monthly rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1956	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	monthly rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1956	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1956	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1956	Landsborough Downs, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	56 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

1793 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 878 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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Data for records on 1956-12-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	510
25 to 50	137
50 to 75	80
75 to 100	45
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	8
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1