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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Average Temperature Rankings, April 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1956 1-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1967
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1989
	Ties: 1958
Mar–Apr 1956 2-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1967
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
Feb–Apr 1956 3-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1922
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1937, 1942, 1964
Jan–Apr 1956 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1922
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1938
Dec 1955–Apr 1956 5-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917, 1949
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1899, 1974, 1985
Nov 1955–Apr 1956 6-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1899, 1935, 1942, 1991
Oct 1955–Apr 1956 7-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1901, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1982, 1995
Sep 1955–Apr 1956 8-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1927, 1939, 1946, 1995
Aug 1955–Apr 1956 9-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1935
Jul 1955–Apr 1956 10-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1950, 1972, 2001
Jun 1955–Apr 1956 11-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1923, 1967, 1972, 1999
May 1955–Apr 1956 12-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1976
Nov 1954–Apr 1956 18-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1949
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1923, 1945, 1976
May 1954–Apr 1956 24-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1945, 1973
May 1953–Apr 1956 36-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1913, 1917
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1951, 1957, 1966
May 1952–Apr 1956 48-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1946, 1965
May 1951–Apr 1956 60-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1946, 1953, 1958, 1966, 1975

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/