Weather Records on 31 December 1956

216 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1956. Highest significance: Montelimar, FR.

Key Facts for 31 December 1956

On 31 December 1956, 216 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 213 daily.
Montelimar set a daily record precipitation of 48.4 mm (1.9 in) on 31 December 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

216 stations

216 station records on 31 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Simdega	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj Farm	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

216 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1956

Top 20 records on 31 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1956	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1956	Oeiras, BR	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1956	Belleville, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1956	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Adams, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Fairbury 7S, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Manchester, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Manchester, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Blair, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Barra, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Simdega, IN	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Weston, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Hyannis, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1956	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	45 years	23 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

1797 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 216 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 10	147
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1