Anchorage Weather in 1956

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	80 °F	July 15
Lowest temperature	-26 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	57 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	-12 °F	December 11
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 31
Most daily snow	12.4 inches	February 8
Total annual precipitation	16.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	102.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1956 was 80 °F which happened on July 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	80 °F	Jul 15
2	75 °F	Jul 14
3	73 °F	Aug 12
4	71 °F	Aug 11
4	71 °F	Jul 13
6	70 °F	Aug 17
7	69 °F	Aug 16
7	69 °F	Aug 8
7	69 °F	Aug 7
7	69 °F	Jul 29
7	69 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1956 was -26 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-26 °F	February 12
1	-26 °F	February 11
3	-25 °F	December 13
3	-25 °F	December 12
3	-25 °F	February 13
6	-24 °F	December 11
7	-22 °F	December 10
7	-22 °F	March 5
7	-22 °F	March 2
7	-22 °F	February 29

January 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 2	8	-15	0.00	0.0
January 3	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 4	7	-14	0.00	0.0
January 5	12	-15	0.00	0.0
January 6	12	-12	0.00	0.0
January 7	15	-6	0.00	0.0
January 8	4	-13	0.00	0.0
January 9	6	-14	0.00	0.0
January 10	5	-21	0.00	0.0
January 11	10	-18	0.00	0.0
January 12	17	-11	0.00	0.0
January 13	21	-2	0.00	0.0
January 14	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 15	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 16	16	-7	0.00	0.0
January 17	12	-20	0.00	0.0
January 18	8	-18	0.00	0.0
January 19	18	3	0.01	0.2
January 20	20	11	0.08	1.3
January 21	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 24	10	-11	0.00	0.0
January 25	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 26	5	-10	0.00	0.0
January 27	13	-11	0.03	0.4
January 28	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	15	0.25	2.5
January 30	28	23	0.15	1.5
January 31	36	25	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	26	0.01	0.1
February 2	39	15	0.04	0.5
February 3	29	7	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	3	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	17	0.01	0.1
February 6	27	18	0.09	1.0
February 7	29	22	0.12	2.7
February 8	29	13	1.16	12.4
February 9	15	-1	0.00	0.0
February 10	6	-16	0.00	0.0
February 11	4	-26	0.00	0.0
February 12	6	-26	0.00	0.0
February 13	3	-25	0.00	0.0
February 14	10	-15	0.21	2.5
February 15	22	8	0.17	2.1
February 16	30	21	0.03	0.5
February 17	27	13	0.04	0.6
February 18	14	0	0.00	0.0
February 19	7	-2	0.00	0.0
February 20	16	2	0.00	0.0
February 21	12	-16	0.00	0.0
February 22	15	-1	0.13	1.5
February 23	20	11	0.01	0.2
February 24	28	13	0.02	0.1
February 25	28	5	0.17	4.0
February 26	21	12	0.00	0.1
February 27	20	-4	0.27	4.6
February 28	7	-15	0.01	0.1
February 29	6	-22	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	6	-21	0.00	0.0
March 2	3	-22	0.00	0.0
March 3	9	-19	0.00	0.0
March 4	9	-19	0.00	0.0
March 5	8	-22	0.00	0.0
March 6	14	-2	0.00	0.0
March 7	14	-6	0.00	0.0
March 8	17	-16	0.00	0.0
March 9	18	-17	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	27	0.11	1.9
March 14	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	42	30	0.03	0.4
March 16	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 17	38	25	0.10	1.3
March 18	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	41	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
March 23	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	40	13	0.00	0.0
March 25	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	10	0.00	0.0
March 27	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 28	38	11	0.00	0.0
March 29	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 30	35	12	0.00	0.0
March 31	31	9	0.04	1.0

April 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	39	28	0.07	1.2
April 2	35	30	0.13	3.0
April 3	41	28	0.00	0.1
April 4	33	27	0.09	1.8
April 5	29	11	0.04	1.4
April 6	21	6	0.01	0.3
April 7	31	15	0.03	0.8
April 8	41	23	0.07	1.0
April 9	44	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	39	26	0.06	0.9
April 11	40	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 13	40	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	38	20	0.00	0.0
April 15	37	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 17	43	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	43	29	0.00	0.0
April 19	41	29	0.00	0.0
April 20	44	23	0.00	0.0
April 21	49	26	0.00	0.0
April 22	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 25	48	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	45	31	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 28	54	30	0.00	0.0
April 29	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 30	52	36	0.00	0.0

May 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	48	38	0.00
May 2	45	34	0.01
May 3	49	33	0.01
May 4	54	28	0.00
May 5	48	34	0.00
May 6	49	29	0.00
May 7	49	38	0.00
May 8	42	35	0.34
May 9	52	35	0.00
May 10	48	36	0.00
May 11	51	33	0.00
May 12	47	34	0.04
May 13	47	36	0.00
May 14	50	34	0.00
May 15	52	38	0.01
May 16	50	40	0.00
May 17	53	38	0.00
May 18	57	33	0.00
May 19	53	40	0.02
May 20	53	42	0.01
May 21	55	41	0.00
May 22	50	41	0.00
May 23	53	40	0.00
May 24	52	37	0.00
May 25	57	38	0.00
May 26	55	38	0.00
May 27	53	41	0.00
May 28	48	41	0.00
May 29	51	39	0.00
May 30	52	41	0.00
May 31	55	42	0.00

June 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	60	42	0.00
June 2	65	44	0.00
June 3	56	42	0.00
June 4	54	42	0.00
June 5	60	43	0.00
June 6	59	43	0.00
June 7	63	47	0.00
June 8	51	42	0.00
June 9	53	46	0.00
June 10	55	45	0.00
June 11	61	48	0.00
June 12	55	48	0.00
June 13	62	46	0.00
June 14	62	45	0.00
June 15	68	41	0.00
June 16	60	47	0.02
June 17	63	46	0.00
June 18	63	45	0.00
June 19	61	44	0.00
June 20	54	44	0.02
June 21	49	42	0.23
June 22	60	43	0.00
June 23	57	49	0.00
June 24	52	45	0.21
June 25	61	44	0.04
June 26	69	47	0.00
June 27	63	50	0.00
June 28	63	50	0.00
June 29	64	50	0.00
June 30	63	49	0.00

July 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	62	46	0.00
July 2	57	49	0.00
July 3	60	48	0.00
July 4	61	48	0.00
July 5	65	39	0.00
July 6	67	50	0.01
July 7	61	49	0.00
July 8	58	49	0.00
July 9	57	48	0.00
July 10	53	48	0.40
July 11	61	48	0.02
July 12	64	44	0.00
July 13	71	46	0.00
July 14	75	51	0.00
July 15	80	57	0.00
July 16	64	52	0.00
July 17	57	51	0.00
July 18	62	52	0.00
July 19	65	52	0.02
July 20	67	41	0.01
July 21	58	53	0.21
July 22	66	51	0.01
July 23	64	49	0.01
July 24	66	50	0.15
July 25	64	48	0.00
July 26	68	43	0.00
July 27	62	43	0.00
July 28	62	53	0.04
July 29	69	55	0.13
July 30	67	56	0.06
July 31	58	51	2.00

August 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	64	48	0.00
August 2	65	46	0.00
August 3	65	47	0.00
August 4	63	49	0.00
August 5	66	50	0.03
August 6	61	51	0.56
August 7	69	46	0.00
August 8	69	53	0.00
August 9	65	54	0.00
August 10	66	51	0.00
August 11	71	45	0.00
August 12	73	52	0.00
August 13	61	46	0.04
August 14	62	53	0.24
August 15	63	51	0.05
August 16	69	54	0.00
August 17	70	50	0.00
August 18	66	53	0.00
August 19	58	47	0.01
August 20	59	46	0.02
August 21	61	46	0.02
August 22	62	43	0.05
August 23	64	48	0.08
August 24	58	41	0.01
August 25	57	46	0.00
August 26	63	49	0.00
August 27	58	49	0.16
August 28	62	46	0.07
August 29	60	45	0.00
August 30	59	45	0.00
August 31	63	48	0.26

September 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	63	42	0.00
September 2	64	47	0.00
September 3	56	46	0.00
September 4	62	44	0.00
September 5	61	48	0.00
September 6	65	42	0.00
September 7	61	41	0.00
September 8	62	40	0.00
September 9	57	49	0.09
September 10	62	41	0.16
September 11	60	50	0.09
September 12	68	53	0.26
September 13	65	50	0.28
September 14	60	40	0.00
September 15	50	34	0.09
September 16	57	40	0.00
September 17	51	39	0.32
September 18	63	44	0.08
September 19	49	39	0.48
September 20	43	34	0.00
September 21	37	31	0.09
September 22	45	33	0.01
September 23	47	27	0.00
September 24	46	24	0.00
September 25	46	24	0.00
September 26	45	25	0.00
September 27	43	23	0.00
September 28	43	20	0.00
September 29	47	33	0.05
September 30	49	33	0.00

October 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	48	32	0.00	0.0
October 2	41	33	0.46	0.0
October 3	38	32	0.03	0.0
October 4	40	30	0.00	0.0
October 5	47	28	0.00	0.0
October 6	46	29	0.00	0.0
October 7	43	31	0.00	0.0
October 8	42	25	0.00	0.0
October 9	40	25	0.00	0.0
October 10	40	32	0.28	0.0
October 11	40	33	0.12	0.0
October 12	38	27	0.00	0.0
October 13	37	31	0.14	0.7
October 14	38	26	0.00	0.0
October 15	35	25	0.00	0.0
October 16	37	24	0.00	0.0
October 17	36	25	0.00	0.0
October 18	42	27	0.00	0.0
October 19	38	19	0.00	0.0
October 20	34	23	0.30	4.3
October 21	32	9	0.01	0.2
October 22	28	4	0.00	0.0
October 23	25	13	0.05	1.3
October 24	30	11	0.00	0.0
October 25	30	0	0.00	0.0
October 26	39	17	0.20	1.9
October 27	41	19	0.60	5.0
October 28	32	12	0.00	0.0
October 29	24	10	0.00	0.0
October 30	18	-3	0.00	0.0
October 31	16	-5	0.00	0.0

November 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	20	-5	0.00	0.0
November 2	26	15	0.00	0.1
November 3	18	8	0.02	0.2
November 4	17	-3	0.00	0.0
November 5	23	8	0.01	1.0
November 6	12	-8	0.00	0.0
November 7	9	-8	0.00	0.0
November 8	17	-6	0.22	4.5
November 9	23	14	0.45	7.1
November 10	21	8	0.07	1.0
November 11	18	8	0.00	0.0
November 12	20	-2	0.00	0.0
November 13	9	-13	0.00	0.1
November 14	17	5	0.00	0.0
November 15	14	-1	0.00	0.0
November 16	5	-19	0.00	0.0
November 17	7	-21	0.10	2.2
November 18	29	5	0.16	3.3
November 19	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 20	33	13	0.03	0.3
November 21	44	31	0.41	3.7
November 22	41	29	0.01	0.0
November 23	31	16	0.00	0.1
November 24	34	17	0.00	0.0
November 25	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	33	0.17	0.0
November 27	47	33	0.03	0.0
November 28	47	28	0.23	1.6
November 29	30	12	0.42	7.2
November 30	17	3	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 2	9	-11	0.00	0.0
December 3	9	-10	0.00	0.0
December 4	14	-7	0.00	0.0
December 5	9	-2	0.00	0.0
December 6	7	-8	0.00	0.0
December 7	17	-5	0.00	0.0
December 8	8	-16	0.00	0.0
December 9	5	-20	0.00	0.0
December 10	-6	-22	0.00	0.0
December 11	-12	-24	0.00	0.0
December 12	-10	-25	0.00	0.0
December 13	-10	-25	0.00	0.0
December 14	-2	-12	0.00	0.0
December 15	10	-10	0.00	0.0
December 16	15	4	0.00	0.0
December 17	9	-8	0.00	0.0
December 18	16	-7	0.00	0.0
December 19	18	8	0.09	0.9
December 20	10	-16	0.00	0.0
December 21	2	-17	0.00	0.0
December 22	7	-4	0.03	0.3
December 23	20	0	0.00	0.0
December 24	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 25	22	0	0.00	0.0
December 26	25	8	0.02	0.2
December 27	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	24	0.05	1.3
December 31	28	23	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Anchorage International Airport	location
1916–1952	Anchorage Merrill Field	location