Contiguous U.S. October 1956 Maximum Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
69.42
66.80
2.62
119
11
1925
1963
1955
1953
top-tenth
2
74.68
72.31
2.37
120
10
1925
1963
1955
1953
top-tenth
3
78.22
76.58
1.64
110
20
1912
1947
1954
1955
top-third
4
80.21
79.11
1.10
100
30
1912
2022
1951
1955
top-third
5
80.96
79.55
1.41
109
21
1912
2022
1955
1953
top-third
6
79.91
78.45
1.46
114
16
1907
1934
1955
1953
top-third
1953
7
77.37
76.32
1.05
101
29
1907
1934
1953
1955
top-third
1938
8
74.39
73.40
0.99
98
32
1912
2012
1955
1953
top-third
9
70.93
70.23
0.70
88
42
1912
2012
1955
1954
top-third
1918
10
67.95
67.25
0.70
90
40
1912
2012
1955
1954
top-third
1992
11
65.58
65.03
0.55
85
44
1912
2012
1955
1954
normal
12
64.25
64.01
0.24
68
61
1912
2012
1951
1955
normal
1959
18
69.30
68.82
0.48
86
43
1912
2012
1952
1955
top-third
24
64.48
64.00
0.48
85
43
1913
2017
1952
1955
normal
1911
36
64.89
63.98
0.91
96
31
1917
2018
1953
1955
top-third
48
65.00
63.97
1.03
100
26
1915
2018
1954
1955
top-third
60
64.87
63.96
0.91
96
29
1907
2016
1955
1936
top-third