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New England Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1956

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Period Value 1901-2000
Mean
Anomaly Rank
(1895-2022)
Warmest/Coolest
Since
Record
December 1956
1-Month
23.9°F
(-4.5°C)
21.6°F
(-5.8°C)
2.3°F
(1.3°C)
80th Coolest
Coolest since:
1989
49th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1895, 2016
Nov–Dec 1956
2-Month
29.7°F
(-1.3°C)
28.0°F
(-2.2°C)
1.7°F
(0.9°C)
85th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
44th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1928
Oct–Dec 1956
3-Month
35.3°F
(1.8°C)
34.0°F
(1.1°C)
1.3°F
(0.7°C)
86th Coolest
Coolest since:
1904, 1917
43rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1959
Sep–Dec 1956
4-Month
39.7°F
(4.3°C)
39.6°F
(4.2°C)
0.1°F
(0.1°C)
57th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
72nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1909, 1928, 1967, 1970, 2000
Aug–Dec 1956
5-Month
44.3°F
(6.8°C)
44.6°F
(7.0°C)
-0.3°F
(-0.2°C)
42nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1904
87th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1908, 1909, 1916, 1918, 1951
Jul–Dec 1956
6-Month
47.5°F
(8.6°C)
48.2°F
(9.0°C)
-0.7°F
(-0.4°C)
31st Coolest
Coolest since:
1904
98th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1897, 1909, 1978, 1992
Jun–Dec 1956
7-Month
49.5°F
(9.7°C)
50.1°F
(10.1°C)
-0.6°F
(-0.4°C)
31st Coolest
Coolest since:
1904
98th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1909, 1922, 1978, 1992
May–Dec 1956
8-Month
49.3°F
(9.6°C)
50.4°F
(10.2°C)
-1.1°F
(-0.6°C)
18th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
111th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1989
Apr–Dec 1956
9-Month
48.0°F
(8.9°C)
49.2°F
(9.6°C)
-1.2°F
(-0.7°C)
13th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
116th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1905, 1940, 1962
Mar–Dec 1956
10-Month
45.5°F
(7.5°C)
47.2°F
(8.4°C)
-1.7°F
(-0.9°C)
5th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
124th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1906
Feb–Dec 1956
11-Month
43.2°F
(6.2°C)
44.5°F
(6.9°C)
-1.3°F
(-0.7°C)
11th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
118th Warmest
Warmest since:
2010, 2012
Ties: 1916, 1934, 1958
Jan–Dec 1956
12-Month
41.5°F
(5.3°C)
42.2°F
(5.7°C)
-0.7°F
(-0.4°C)
29th Coolest
Coolest since:
1904
100th Warmest
Warmest since:
2010, 2012
Ties: 1899, 1902, 1909, 1965, 1967
Jul 1955–Dec 1956
18-Month
43.7°F
(6.5°C)
44.2°F
(6.8°C)
-0.5°F
(-0.3°C)
27th Coolest
Coolest since:
1904
101st Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Ties: 1916, 1927, 1972
Jan 1955–Dec 1956
24-Month
42.1°F
(5.6°C)
42.2°F
(5.7°C)
-0.1°F
(-0.1°C)
48th Coolest
Coolest since:
1905
80th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1966, 1967, 1971, 1977
Jan 1954–Dec 1956
36-Month
42.3°F
(5.7°C)
42.2°F
(5.7°C)
0.1°F
(0.0°C)
59th Coolest
Coolest since:
1905, 1906
68th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012, 2022
Ties: 1921, 1971, 1982
Jan 1953–Dec 1956
48-Month
43.0°F
(6.1°C)
42.2°F
(5.7°C)
0.8°F
(0.4°C)
91st Coolest
Coolest since:
1907
35th Warmest
Warmest since:
2013
Ties: 1933, 1949, 1986, 1990
Jan 1952–Dec 1956
60-Month
43.1°F
(6.2°C)
42.2°F
(5.7°C)
0.9°F
(0.5°C)
94th Coolest
Coolest since:
1907
31st Warmest
Warmest since:
2013, 2014, 2022
Ties: 1994

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