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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, December 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1956 1-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	31.5°F (-0.3°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1983
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2021
	Ties: 1993, 2002
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1983
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1912, 1922, 2011, 2019
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1898
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1898
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1985
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1898
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1954
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1992
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1954
	Ties: 1936
May–Dec 1956 8-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1992
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1934
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917, 1951, 1961
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1933
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1951
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1938, 2015
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1998, 2015
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 2001, 2005
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1993
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1946, 2015
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1934
	Ties: 1931
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1934, 2000, 2006, 2007
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1905, 1906
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1936
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1906
				1st Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	1935, 1956, 2002, 2016
	Ties: 1935, 2002, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/