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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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Alabama

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	61.2°F (16.2°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1983
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1896
	Ties: 1936, 1971, 2004
Mar–Apr 1956 2-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1926, 1960
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1908, 2012
	Ties: 1906, 1968
Feb–Apr 1956 3-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1958
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1930
Jan–Apr 1956 4-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1994, 2007
Dec 1955–Apr 1956 5-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1903
Nov 1955–Apr 1956 6-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1914, 1988, 2011
Oct 1955–Apr 1956 7-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1973, 1994
Sep 1955–Apr 1956 8-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1962, 1973, 2007, 2015
Aug 1955–Apr 1956 9-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1967, 2004, 2009, 2015
Jul 1955–Apr 1956 10-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1994, 2009
Jun 1955–Apr 1956 11-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1947, 1981, 2004
May 1955–Apr 1956 12-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1965, 2001
Nov 1954–Apr 1956 18-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977, 1978
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1916, 1976, 1989, 1995
May 1954–Apr 1956 24-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1924, 1936, 1944, 1951, 1974, 1975, 2001
May 1953–Apr 1956 36-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1970
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 2009
May 1952–Apr 1956 48-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1971, 1980
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1992, 2007, 2012, 2013
May 1951–Apr 1956 60-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1946, 1952, 1957, 2009, 2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/