Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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California River Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1956
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1956 1-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.7°F (15.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1977 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1975, 2015 | ||||||
Apr–May 1956 2-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1967 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1961, 1974, 1976, 1982 | ||||||
Mar–May 1956 3-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1895, 1897, 1919 | ||||||
Feb–May 1956 4-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 52.2°F (11.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
102nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1920, 1938, 1949, 2010 | ||||||
Jan–May 1956 5-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
91st Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1920, 1923, 1938, 1982 | ||||||
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
75th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1916, 1957, 1983, 1985 | ||||||
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 1974, 2010 | ||||||
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month |
50.3°F (10.2°C) | 50.4°F (10.2°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1958 | ||||||
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 52.4°F (11.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1946, 1953, 1958, 1965 | ||||||
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month |
54.7°F (12.6°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1939, 1966, 2010, 2011 | ||||||
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1958 | ||||||
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1998, 1999 | ||||||
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month |
53.6°F (12.0°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 10th Coolest | Coolest since: 1950 | 1917 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1922, 1923, 1945 | ||||||
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1950 | 1913, 1917 |
113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1945 | ||||||
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1913, 1917 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1902, 1944, 1948, 1955, 1974 | ||||||
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1913 |
91st Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1902, 1908, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976 | ||||||
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1913, 1917 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1951, 1953 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/