Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Maryland
Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1956 1-Month |
33.8°F (1.0°C) | 26.7°F (-2.9°C) |
7.1°F (3.9°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1989 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
34.4°F (1.3°C) | 30.8°F (-0.7°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
38.7°F (3.7°C) | 35.5°F (1.9°C) |
3.2°F (1.8°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1985 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
42.6°F (5.9°C) | 40.7°F (4.8°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1973, 1975, 1979 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
46.5°F (8.1°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
1.3°F (0.8°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
49.4°F (9.7°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1898 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 50.0°F (10.0°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2015, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1977, 1982 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 50.1°F (10.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1913, 1918, 1923, 1948 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
47.3°F (8.5°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
| 80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1974, 1978 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
45.6°F (7.6°C) | 45.3°F (7.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1995, 1996 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 43.6°F (6.4°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1904 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 1937, 1954, 1992 | ||||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
45.4°F (7.4°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1904 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1950, 1980, 1997, 2001 | ||||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
43.7°F (6.5°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1905 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1942, 1976, 1983, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1952 | 1905 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
44.0°F (6.7°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1905 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1932, 1988, 1995, 1996 | ||||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
44.1°F (6.7°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1905 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1923, 1933, 1957, 1986, 1988 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2020, retrieved on July 5, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/