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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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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1956 1-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	4.6°F (2.6°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1895
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
	Ties: 1986
Jan–Feb 1956 2-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1978
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 2021
Dec 1955–Feb 1956 3-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 1928
Nov 1955–Feb 1956 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1914, 1960
Oct 1955–Feb 1956 5-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 1900, 1980
Sep 1955–Feb 1956 6-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1945, 2011
Aug 1955–Feb 1956 7-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1900, 1959, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2004
Jul 1955–Feb 1956 8-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1919, 1959, 1960, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1993
Jun 1955–Feb 1956 9-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1981
May 1955–Feb 1956 10-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1921, 1975, 2001, 2015
Apr 1955–Feb 1956 11-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
Mar 1955–Feb 1956 12-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1942, 1955, 1976
Sep 1954–Feb 1956 18-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1952, 2011
Mar 1954–Feb 1956 24-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905, 1968
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1910, 1913, 1924, 1926, 1974, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2004
Mar 1953–Feb 1956 36-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1970
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1922, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1957, 2010
Mar 1952–Feb 1956 48-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1970
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1900, 1909, 1922, 1925, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1989, 2003
Mar 1951–Feb 1956 60-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1970
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2020
	Ties: 1923, 1926, 1949, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2005

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/