Weather Records on 4 October 1956

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1956. Highest significance: Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1956

On 4 October 1956, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 459 daily.
Jerilderie (Coree STN) set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 4 October 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 4 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnaprasad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Karrawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahudha	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1956

Top 20 records on 4 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1956	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1956	Elba, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1956	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea)), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Nullawil, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Krishnaprasad, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Cavan, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Palladam, IN	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Bordertown (Karrawirra), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Woomelang, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Sankari, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Murrayville, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1956	Garhi, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	41 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

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 467 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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 25	378
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1