Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
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 |
36.23°F (2.35°C) | 32.68°F (0.38°C) |
3.55°F (1.97°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1983 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
38.28°F (3.49°C) | 37.19°F (2.88°C) |
1.09°F (0.61°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 2000 |
| 41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
44.24°F (6.80°C) | 42.83°F (6.02°C) |
1.41°F (0.78°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1898 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
49.45°F (9.69°C) | 48.33°F (9.07°C) |
1.12°F (0.62°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
53.90°F (12.17°C) | 53.09°F (11.72°C) |
0.81°F (0.45°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
57.09°F (13.94°C) | 56.51°F (13.62°C) |
0.58°F (0.32°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
58.99°F (14.99°C) | 58.22°F (14.57°C) |
0.77°F (0.42°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
59.34°F (15.19°C) | 58.47°F (14.71°C) |
0.87°F (0.48°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
58.23°F (14.57°C) | 57.65°F (14.25°C) |
0.58°F (0.32°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2021 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
56.48°F (13.60°C) | 56.03°F (13.35°C) |
0.45°F (0.25°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
54.28°F (12.38°C) | 54.01°F (12.23°C) |
0.27°F (0.15°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
52.34°F (11.30°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
0.32°F (0.18°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
53.74°F (12.08°C) | 53.52°F (11.96°C) |
0.22°F (0.12°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
52.02°F (11.12°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
0.00°F (0.00°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1952 | 1917 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1959 | ||||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
52.45°F (11.36°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
0.45°F (0.25°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1917 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
52.68°F (11.49°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
0.69°F (0.38°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
52.60°F (11.44°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
0.61°F (0.33°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1920 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/