Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1956 1-Month |
79.8°F (26.6°C) | 78.7°F (25.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.7°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1969 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2007 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1993 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1956 2-Month |
80.1°F (26.7°C) | 79.3°F (26.3°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1967 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1941, 1988, 2018 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1956 3-Month |
79.2°F (26.2°C) | 78.5°F (25.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1967 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1941, 1983 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1956 4-Month |
77.3°F (25.2°C) | 76.4°F (24.7°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1967 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1941 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1956 5-Month |
73.9°F (23.3°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1961 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1944, 1945, 1957, 2001, 2007, 2008 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1956 6-Month |
70.5°F (21.4°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1971 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1913, 1929, 1944, 2003 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1956 7-Month |
67.8°F (19.9°C) | 67.0°F (19.4°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1895 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2011, 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1918, 1933, 1949, 1957, 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1956 8-Month |
64.5°F (18.1°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1940 |
| 55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 2001, 2009 | ||||||
|
Dec 1955–Aug 1956 9-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 62.1°F (16.7°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1904, 1940 |
| 74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1946, 1965, 1992, 2014 | ||||||
|
Nov 1955–Aug 1956 10-Month |
61.0°F (16.1°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1904, 1940 |
| 85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1973, 1980, 1983, 2014 | ||||||
|
Oct 1955–Aug 1956 11-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.4°F (16.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1904 |
| 89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1973, 1980, 1983 | ||||||
|
Sep 1955–Aug 1956 12-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1904 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1973, 1997 | ||||||
|
Mar 1955–Aug 1956 18-Month |
65.3°F (18.5°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1968 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 1907, 1911 | ||||||
|
Sep 1954–Aug 1956 24-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1948 | 1969 |
| 74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1925, 1929, 1942, 1948, 1976 | ||||||
|
Sep 1953–Aug 1956 36-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1953 | 1970 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1909, 1924, 1929, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1953, 2003, 2005 | ||||||
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Sep 1952–Aug 1956 48-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1948 | 1969, 1970 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 1930, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1976, 1989, 1999, 2004 | ||||||
|
Sep 1951–Aug 1956 60-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 1955 | 1970 |
| 24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1933, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/