Weather Records on 11 February 1956

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1956. Highest significance: Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 11 February 1956

On 11 February 1956, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 523 daily.
Sydney Botanic Gardens set a monthly record daily precipitation of 191.3 mm (7.5 in) on 11 February 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

545 stations

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

Weather records on 11 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.3 mm (8.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hill 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roseville Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 105, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 11 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	105
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 11 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 12, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1956

Top 20 records on 11 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1956	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	monthly rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1956	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1956	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1956	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Bankstown (Condell Park), AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Mosman Water Supply, AU	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Sutherland Mwsdb, AU	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	182.7 mm (7.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Maddens Creek, AU	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Exeter, AU	monthly rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Wentworth Falls Post Office, AU	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1956	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	53 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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 545 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 100	449
100 to 200	27
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1