Portland Weather in 1956

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 15
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	February 4
Highest daily low	64 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	7 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	November 26
Most daily snow	8.3 inches	March 24
Total annual precipitation	39.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	150.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1956 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 15
1	94 °F	Jun 13
3	88 °F	Aug 18
3	88 °F	Aug 10
3	88 °F	Jul 2
6	87 °F	Aug 14
6	87 °F	Aug 11
6	87 °F	Jul 28
6	87 °F	Jun 16
10	86 °F	Aug 12
10	86 °F	Jul 1
10	86 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1956 was -9 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	February 4
1	-9 °F	January 2
3	-8 °F	December 30
3	-8 °F	February 29
3	-8 °F	February 22
6	-7 °F	February 24
7	-5 °F	December 31
8	-4 °F	March 1
8	-4 °F	February 23
10	-3 °F	January 1

January 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 2	23	-9	0.00	0.0
January 3	29	11	0.39	5.8
January 4	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	9	0.00	0.0
January 8	45	22	0.87	0.7
January 9	45	43	1.05	0.0
January 10	44	36	0.71	0.0
January 11	37	35	0.37	0.0
January 12	38	35	0.85	0.0
January 13	40	34	0.67	0.0
January 14	37	33	0.38	0.0
January 15	40	33	0.18	0.2
January 16	35	32	0.09	0.3
January 17	33	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	11	0.06	1.2
January 24	30	3	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	13	0.02	0.3
January 30	37	30	0.14	3.1
January 31	32	15	0.04	0.8

February 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	15	0.48	5.1
February 3	34	8	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	-9	0.08	1.5
February 5	41	23	0.20	2.7
February 6	35	13	0.18	1.7
February 7	35	29	0.85	6.5
February 8	43	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	28	0.01	0.2
February 11	35	25	0.08	1.5
February 12	34	31	0.66	1.4
February 13	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	45	30	0.06	0.0
February 16	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	28	6	0.00	0.0
February 18	25	14	0.55	6.6
February 19	37	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	22	0.02	0.6
February 21	28	4	0.02	0.5
February 22	25	-8	0.00	0.0
February 23	25	-4	0.00	0.0
February 24	31	-7	0.02	0.3
February 25	46	28	0.48	2.2
February 26	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 28	32	14	0.18	4.5
February 29	28	-8	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	-4	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	30	0.01	0.0
March 3	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	28	0.62	3.9
March 5	31	11	0.13	1.2
March 6	34	9	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	24	0.29	3.5
March 8	25	18	0.71	5.1
March 9	30	17	0.01	0.3
March 10	42	9	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	18	0.05	0.0
March 12	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	34	30	0.47	6.0
March 15	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 16	22	5	0.12	3.8
March 17	25	14	0.21	4.5
March 18	29	0	0.00	0.0
March 19	27	-1	0.19	3.8
March 20	38	13	0.04	0.8
March 21	45	4	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	12	0.00	0.0
March 23	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	25	16	0.33	8.3
March 25	27	0	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	8	0.00	0.0
March 27	39	10	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	11	0.13	1.8
March 30	35	31	0.44	3.6
March 31	42	23	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	41	35	0.00	0.0
April 4	40	35	0.43	0.0
April 5	54	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	57	27	0.00	0.0
April 7	43	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	37	28	0.45	4.3
April 9	42	31	0.06	0.6
April 10	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 12	47	23	0.00	0.0
April 13	47	22	0.03	0.0
April 14	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	46	27	0.31	0.0
April 16	51	38	0.44	0.0
April 17	55	34	0.04	0.0
April 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 19	52	29	0.01	0.0
April 20	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 21	48	32	0.03	0.2
April 22	52	33	0.12	0.0
April 23	37	32	0.64	6.1
April 24	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 25	50	25	0.00	0.0
April 26	45	29	0.07	0.0
April 27	54	32	0.09	0.0
April 28	71	41	0.18	0.0
April 29	53	39	0.32	0.0
April 30	67	36	0.16	0.0

May 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	28	0.00
May 2	59	26	0.06
May 3	52	39	0.13
May 4	54	33	0.06
May 5	63	35	0.00
May 6	62	39	0.00
May 7	47	38	0.00
May 8	52	30	0.00
May 9	58	23	0.00
May 10	63	41	0.24
May 11	52	30	0.00
May 12	65	44	0.02
May 13	68	46	0.06
May 14	55	40	0.05
May 15	68	37	0.00
May 16	51	40	0.31
May 17	54	33	0.00
May 18	51	35	0.00
May 19	58	30	0.01
May 20	62	43	0.00
May 21	57	38	0.00
May 22	67	36	0.00
May 23	71	37	0.43
May 24	52	30	0.00
May 25	56	27	0.00
May 26	63	32	0.00
May 27	53	46	1.67
May 28	59	41	0.00
May 29	72	40	0.00
May 30	63	53	0.02
May 31	84	53	0.00

June 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	55	0.06
June 2	64	51	0.00
June 3	59	52	0.86
June 4	70	52	0.06
June 5	74	48	0.01
June 6	75	47	0.00
June 7	85	48	0.00
June 8	60	47	0.00
June 9	47	45	0.05
June 10	53	45	0.06
June 11	69	45	0.00
June 12	83	42	0.00
June 13	94	64	0.00
June 14	83	58	0.00
June 15	94	58	0.00
June 16	87	63	0.01
June 17	80	52	0.00
June 18	68	45	0.00
June 19	66	38	0.00
June 20	69	46	0.00
June 21	68	53	0.01
June 22	86	55	0.24
June 23	78	52	0.01
June 24	60	52	0.01
June 25	78	52	0.07
June 26	79	44	0.00
June 27	71	48	0.05
June 28	82	57	0.01
June 29	70	46	0.00
June 30	78	49	0.00

July 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	58	0.00
July 2	88	62	0.00
July 3	82	58	0.00
July 4	77	54	0.00
July 5	70	51	0.00
July 6	58	53	0.79
July 7	64	53	0.64
July 8	68	55	0.04
July 9	75	54	0.37
July 10	81	58	0.00
July 11	81	55	0.00
July 12	82	55	0.00
July 13	75	58	0.35
July 14	83	61	0.17
July 15	81	56	0.04
July 16	78	52	0.02
July 17	67	47	0.00
July 18	78	45	0.00
July 19	81	47	0.00
July 20	80	54	0.00
July 21	74	55	0.00
July 22	63	57	0.35
July 23	67	60	0.25
July 24	82	61	0.01
July 25	82	56	0.00
July 26	80	59	0.00
July 27	73	46	0.00
July 28	87	59	0.00
July 29	72	49	0.00
July 30	73	43	0.00
July 31	74	43	0.00

August 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	50	0.01
August 2	76	53	0.00
August 3	77	46	0.00
August 4	83	50	0.00
August 5	81	54	0.00
August 6	79	50	0.00
August 7	79	61	0.00
August 8	83	59	0.00
August 9	81	56	0.00
August 10	88	64	0.05
August 11	87	61	0.00
August 12	86	59	0.06
August 13	81	52	0.00
August 14	87	60	0.04
August 15	83	54	0.00
August 16	78	46	0.00
August 17	85	53	0.00
August 18	88	56	0.00
August 19	85	55	0.10
August 20	73	49	0.00
August 21	61	56	0.26
August 22	67	53	0.05
August 23	71	54	0.00
August 24	72	51	0.20
August 25	76	44	0.00
August 26	77	48	0.00
August 27	73	48	0.00
August 28	84	58	0.00
August 29	66	49	0.00
August 30	60	52	0.24
August 31	56	53	0.57

September 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	64	54	0.08
September 2	71	61	0.07
September 3	81	56	0.00
September 4	79	52	0.00
September 5	82	52	0.00
September 6	78	58	0.09
September 7	70	58	0.07
September 8	67	44	0.00
September 9	65	41	0.00
September 10	65	41	0.00
September 11	73	43	0.00
September 12	73	56	0.00
September 13	74	57	0.00
September 14	80	58	0.49
September 15	58	47	0.15
September 16	50	46	0.41
September 17	56	47	0.64
September 18	61	36	0.00
September 19	59	31	0.00
September 20	59	36	0.41
September 21	59	30	0.00
September 22	65	36	0.00
September 23	56	37	0.51
September 24	55	47	0.69
September 25	59	37	0.00
September 26	55	32	0.00
September 27	53	34	0.00
September 28	61	40	0.00
September 29	70	37	0.00
September 30	66	33	0.00

October 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	48	0.00
October 2	63	44	0.10
October 3	67	40	0.00
October 4	60	35	0.07
October 5	59	34	0.00
October 6	57	27	0.01
October 7	70	45	0.70
October 8	65	45	0.00
October 9	65	36	0.00
October 10	51	30	0.00
October 11	49	25	0.00
October 12	53	22	0.00
October 13	59	29	0.00
October 14	63	39	0.00
October 15	72	38	0.00
October 16	77	41	0.00
October 17	69	44	0.00
October 18	69	40	0.00
October 19	54	28	0.00
October 20	55	24	0.00
October 21	66	32	0.00
October 22	61	39	0.00
October 23	60	55	1.64
October 24	59	36	0.00
October 25	48	30	0.00
October 26	47	28	0.00
October 27	54	29	0.00
October 28	59	33	0.00
October 29	56	29	0.00
October 30	64	28	0.00
October 31	73	32	0.00

November 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	54	0.09	0.0
November 2	61	41	0.15	0.0
November 3	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	29	0.00	0.0
November 6	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 7	61	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	57	42	0.08	0.0
November 9	50	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	35	15	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	11	0.15	0.0
November 12	59	37	0.31	0.0
November 13	47	24	0.09	0.0
November 14	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 15	58	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	61	35	0.00	0.0
November 17	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	39	16	0.36	5.6
November 19	40	9	0.00	0.0
November 20	40	12	0.02	0.0
November 21	56	35	0.45	0.0
November 22	50	28	0.40	0.0
November 23	38	19	0.00	0.0
November 24	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	16	0.00	0.2
November 26	39	31	1.83	3.3
November 27	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	20	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 2	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	24	19	0.19	3.6
December 4	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	24	0.32	0.2
December 7	48	33	0.02	0.0
December 8	44	32	0.06	0.0
December 9	32	22	0.41	6.0
December 10	33	20	0.07	0.8
December 11	47	20	0.22	0.0
December 12	52	36	0.36	0.0
December 13	40	27	0.16	0.0
December 14	28	20	0.15	5.7
December 15	27	21	0.12	1.0
December 16	50	26	0.07	0.0
December 17	47	21	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	11	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	20	0.00	0.3
December 23	27	18	0.26	5.8
December 24	33	27	0.17	0.0
December 25	41	24	0.23	0.0
December 26	27	10	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	12	0.05	1.1
December 28	34	22	0.06	1.0
December 29	34	25	0.30	6.9
December 30	26	-8	0.07	1.7
December 31	7	-5	0.06	1.4

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Portland International JetPort	location
1871–1940	Portland	location