Weather Records on 30 December 1956

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1956. Highest significance: Agartala, IN.

Key Facts for 30 December 1956

On 30 December 1956, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 550 daily.
Agartala set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 30 December 1956.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 30 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 30 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 30 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 550.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 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

30 December 1956

Top 20 records on 30 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1956	Agartala, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Linesville 1 S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1956	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Chhaygaon, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Riva, IT	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Mbarara, UG	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Shahpura, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1956	Nabinagar, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	28 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

1799 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1956. 1956 had 556 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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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	436
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1