Amherst Weather in 1956

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	March 18
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 2
Lowest daily high	19 °F	January 1
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	September 6
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	March 19
Total annual precipitation	40.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	97.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1956 was 95 °F which happened on June 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 14
2	93 °F	Jun 15
3	92 °F	Jun 13
4	90 °F	Aug 18
4	90 °F	Aug 17
4	90 °F	Aug 9
4	90 °F	Jun 16
8	88 °F	Aug 28
8	88 °F	Jul 3
8	88 °F	Jul 1
8	88 °F	Jun 22
8	88 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1956 was -2 °F which happened on Mar 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	March 18
2	-1 °F	January 2
3	1 °F	February 4
4	2 °F	February 24
5	4 °F	February 22
5	4 °F	January 1
7	5 °F	December 30
8	6 °F	December 31
9	7 °F	March 17
10	8 °F	February 29

January 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 2	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	18	0.24	2.8
January 4	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 8	34	17	0.32	0.3
January 9	46	34	0.25	0.0
January 10	45	40	0.06	0.0
January 11	40	38	0.09	0.0
January 12	41	38	0.30	0.0
January 13	39	33	0.02	0.0
January 14	33	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	26	0.05	0.7
January 18	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	20	0.02	0.3
January 24	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 26	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	20	0.01	0.1
January 30	35	28	0.39	0.0
January 31	28	17	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	24	0.45	2.1
February 3	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	21	1	0.21	2.1
February 5	39	20	0.03	0.0
February 6	34	13	0.62	5.3
February 7	39	33	0.25	0.0
February 8	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	36	32	0.09	1.3
February 11	37	33	0.17	0.0
February 12	40	34	0.08	0.0
February 13	39	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	38	30	0.20	0.0
February 16	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	26	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	24	0.67	6.0
February 19	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 22	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 23	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	2	0.07	0.0
February 25	47	30	0.47	1.1
February 26	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	31	0.03	0.0
February 28	35	17	0.18	3.2
February 29	28	8	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	12	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	30	0.02	0.0
March 3	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	30	0.06	0.0
March 5	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	32	0.04	0.6
March 7	36	32	1.04	0.0
March 8	34	26	0.48	2.1
March 9	34	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	26	0.07	0.0
March 12	38	32	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	35	31	0.63	5.0
March 15	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	24	15	0.80	8.7
March 17	27	7	0.00	0.0
March 18	21	-2	0.00	0.0
March 19	24	18	0.81	9.0
March 20	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	14	0.00	0.0
March 22	48	14	0.00	0.0
March 23	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	34	16	0.48	5.5
March 25	27	10	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 27	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 29	38	18	0.46	5.1
March 30	40	30	0.05	0.6
March 31	40	28	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	29	0.12	0.0
April 2	47	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	38	0.27	0.0
April 5	54	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	38	0.01	0.0
April 8	39	30	0.79	8.0
April 9	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	29	0.00	0.0
April 12	54	28	0.00	0.0
April 13	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	55	29	0.00	0.0
April 15	50	37	0.33	0.0
April 16	62	40	0.39	0.0
April 17	52	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 19	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 21	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	53	38	0.00	0.0
April 23	45	33	0.44	1.5
April 24	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 25	57	26	0.00	0.0
April 26	42	36	0.12	0.0
April 27	60	33	0.00	0.0
April 28	78	47	1.29	0.0
April 29	57	47	0.44	0.0
April 30	62	40	0.29	0.0

May 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	34	0.10
May 2	62	34	0.06
May 3	65	40	0.02
May 4	68	40	0.00
May 5	63	33	0.00
May 6	58	43	0.05
May 7	55	40	0.01
May 8	54	32	0.00
May 9	64	28	0.00
May 10	64	44	0.10
May 11	65	34	0.00
May 12	82	46	0.00
May 13	84	61	0.00
May 14	64	54	0.01
May 15	72	50	0.00
May 16	68	38	0.00
May 17	56	35	0.00
May 18	52	40	0.10
May 19	68	37	0.07
May 20	67	43	0.00
May 21	70	43	0.00
May 22	80	50	0.00
May 23	70	39	0.20
May 24	55	35	0.00
May 25	61	30	0.00
May 26	66	35	0.00
May 27	60	49	0.33
May 28	60	46	0.00
May 29	73	36	0.00
May 30	68	50	0.43
May 31	86	59	0.54

June 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	66	0.40
June 2	75	59	0.43
June 3	76	64	1.31
June 4	74	60	0.00
June 5	74	58	0.00
June 6	80	50	0.00
June 7	84	54	0.00
June 8	87	51	0.00
June 9	57	49	0.00
June 10	65	50	0.23
June 11	76	51	0.00
June 12	88	48	0.00
June 13	92	65	0.00
June 14	95	64	0.00
June 15	93	64	0.00
June 16	90	65	0.00
June 17	81	61	0.00
June 18	69	49	0.00
June 19	71	44	0.00
June 20	72	51	0.00
June 21	72	59	0.00
June 22	88	66	0.00
June 23	81	60	0.00
June 24	86	65	0.00
June 25	81	60	0.00
June 26	82	51	0.00
June 27	78	57	0.49
June 28	81	58	0.00
June 29	72	53	0.00
June 30	81	47	0.00

July 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	64	0.00
July 2	87	69	0.00
July 3	88	61	0.00
July 4	76	59	0.00
July 5	59	55	0.90
July 6	59	55	0.07
July 7	78	56	0.00
July 8	84	63	0.00
July 9	86	68	0.27
July 10	82	67	0.00
July 11	84	59	0.00
July 12	81	58	0.00
July 13	82	62	0.82
July 14	81	64	0.09
July 15	82	60	0.00
July 16	72	58	0.10
July 17	74	54	0.00
July 18	80	48	0.00
July 19	83	50	0.00
July 20	75	57	0.00
July 21	68	57	0.35
July 22	75	57	0.04
July 23	85	68	0.00
July 24	84	62	0.26
July 25	85	57	0.00
July 26	80	60	0.00
July 27	84	59	0.00
July 28	86	66	0.00
July 29	73	56	0.00
July 30	75	46	0.00
July 31	78	47	0.00

August 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	58	0.00
August 2	76	57	0.00
August 3	78	45	0.00
August 4	84	51	0.00
August 5	83	54	0.00
August 6	77	60	0.00
August 7	82	60	0.00
August 8	86	58	0.66
August 9	90	59	0.00
August 10	87	67	0.44
August 11	86	66	0.00
August 12	79	60	0.00
August 13	78	57	0.32
August 14	83	64	0.00
August 15	84	58	0.00
August 16	86	51	0.00
August 17	90	62	0.00
August 18	90	61	0.37
August 19	84	65	0.00
August 20	75	61	0.00
August 21	64	56	0.12
August 22	73	56	0.00
August 23	76	57	0.00
August 24	75	58	0.04
August 25	77	47	0.00
August 26	80	48	0.00
August 27	82	54	0.00
August 28	88	51	0.05
August 29	84	61	0.00
August 30	64	57	0.36
August 31	65	60	0.35

September 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	61	0.04
September 2	78	64	1.29
September 3	80	54	0.00
September 4	81	53	0.00
September 5	86	58	0.00
September 6	78	64	1.32
September 7	69	53	0.00
September 8	68	45	0.00
September 9	63	43	0.00
September 10	67	39	0.00
September 11	71	46	0.00
September 12	74	56	0.27
September 13	80	60	0.00
September 14	79	59	0.01
September 15	63	50	0.27
September 16	52	49	0.53
September 17	58	49	0.39
September 18	61	43	0.00
September 19	65	37	0.00
September 20	58	40	0.32
September 21	60	33	0.00
September 22	70	42	0.00
September 23	60	50	0.75
September 24	67	45	0.21
September 25	58	40	0.00
September 26	58	36	0.00
September 27	55	39	0.00
September 28	55	44	0.15
September 29	73	46	0.00
September 30	78	40	0.00

October 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	41	0.00
October 2	66	36	0.23
October 3	66	42	0.00
October 4	56	40	0.55
October 5	62	36	0.00
October 6	63	29	0.11
October 7	62	49	0.33
October 8	68	43	0.00
October 9	60	42	0.00
October 10	55	30	0.00
October 11	50	26	0.00
October 12	56	24	0.00
October 13	63	28	0.00
October 14	75	37	0.00
October 15	83	42	0.00
October 16	83	45	0.00
October 17	79	46	0.00
October 18	67	43	0.00
October 19	57	33	0.00
October 20	61	27	0.00
October 21	70	42	0.00
October 22	65	43	0.03
October 23	64	54	0.19
October 24	59	39	0.00
October 25	53	31	0.00
October 26	49	30	0.00
October 27	59	42	0.00
October 28	63	36	0.00
October 29	62	29	0.00
October 30	66	28	0.00
October 31	59	40	0.20

November 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	73	n/a	0.28	0.0
November 2	64	47	0.64	0.0
November 3	52	41	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	41	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	44	0.30	0.3
November 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	33	17	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	13	0.10	0.0
November 12	59	42	0.00	0.0
November 13	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	59	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	69	37	0.00	0.0
November 16	66	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 17	n/a	35	0.05	0.0
November 18	37	25	0.75	6.0
November 19	43	17	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	17	0.00	0.0
November 21	62	37	0.58	0.0
November 22	47	n/a	0.12	0.0
November 23	n/a	20	0.00	0.0
November 24	35	15	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	13	0.00	0.0
November 26	42	31	0.28	1.0
November 27	37	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	34	21	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	30	0.23	2.6
December 4	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	53	34	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	32	0.20	0.0
December 9	32	23	0.72	6.8
December 10	35	16	0.03	0.0
December 11	49	26	0.27	0.0
December 12	53	34	0.14	0.0
December 13	46	33	0.25	0.0
December 14	33	27	0.90	5.0
December 15	32	26	0.49	0.0
December 16	40	32	0.27	0.0
December 17	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	16	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	10	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	39	25	0.04	0.0
December 22	37	24	0.41	2.4
December 23	33	26	0.11	0.0
December 24	37	32	0.27	0.0
December 25	39	24	0.26	0.0
December 26	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	16	0.01	0.1
December 28	37	32	0.06	0.0
December 29	34	21	0.02	0.3
December 30	21	5	0.02	0.3
December 31	22	6	0.13	1.6

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