Raleigh Weather in 1956

Historical record of Raleigh, North Carolina weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Raleigh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	September 16
Lowest temperature	21 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	35 °F	November 24
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	September 26
Most daily snow	2.0 inches	January 23
Total annual precipitation	39.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Raleigh in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1956 was 97 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Sep 16
1	97 °F	Jul 3
1	97 °F	Jul 2
4	96 °F	Sep 14
4	96 °F	Aug 6
4	96 °F	Jun 25
4	96 °F	Jun 23
8	95 °F	Aug 31
8	95 °F	Aug 13
8	95 °F	Jun 26
8	95 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Raleigh in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1956 was 21 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	21 °F	January 22
1	21 °F	January 15
3	22 °F	December 26
3	22 °F	November 23
3	22 °F	January 28
6	23 °F	December 2
6	23 °F	November 28
6	23 °F	November 25
6	23 °F	January 25
10	24 °F	December 1
10	24 °F	March 22
10	24 °F	February 29
10	24 °F	January 27
10	24 °F	January 24

January 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 2	52	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	62	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	34	0.00	0.0
January 5	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	56	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 10	43	28	0.11	0.0
January 11	48	41	0.02	0.0
January 12	52	39	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	35	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	59	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	31	0.07	0.0
January 17	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	30	0.27	0.0
January 20	49	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 22	47	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	42	26	0.58	2.0
January 24	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 27	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 28	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	64	40	0.00	0.0
January 30	66	38	0.00	0.0
January 31	47	30	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	48	26	0.04
February 2	50	36	0.14
February 3	50	38	0.77
February 4	38	34	0.41
February 5	64	36	0.19
February 6	50	40	0.88
February 7	57	36	0.00
February 8	61	32	0.00
February 9	57	44	0.00
February 10	66	42	0.00
February 11	53	45	0.62
February 12	54	34	0.00
February 13	57	34	0.00
February 14	64	30	0.00
February 15	67	49	0.00
February 16	58	39	0.00
February 17	49	36	0.69
February 18	73	49	0.01
February 19	64	44	0.06
February 20	59	37	0.32
February 21	49	29	0.00
February 22	42	27	0.00
February 23	48	27	0.00
February 24	59	31	0.12
February 25	68	41	0.20
February 26	56	33	0.00
February 27	54	33	0.24
February 28	55	35	0.01
February 29	52	24	0.00

March 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	61	25	0.00
March 2	60	46	0.10
March 3	60	40	0.13
March 4	62	36	0.00
March 5	71	36	0.00
March 6	80	53	0.00
March 7	83	64	0.00
March 8	69	34	0.15
March 9	60	30	0.00
March 10	67	36	0.00
March 11	71	50	0.02
March 12	59	47	0.00
March 13	49	42	0.41
March 14	77	43	0.04
March 15	55	37	0.46
March 16	46	34	1.79
March 17	49	31	0.00
March 18	59	33	0.07
March 19	44	28	0.00
March 20	46	29	0.00
March 21	52	25	0.00
March 22	64	24	0.00
March 23	68	35	0.00
March 24	58	32	0.03
March 25	53	25	0.00
March 26	66	42	0.00
March 27	74	43	0.00
March 28	53	40	0.00
March 29	44	37	0.17
March 30	59	39	0.00
March 31	61	31	0.00

April 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	35	0.00
April 2	75	51	0.13
April 3	83	57	0.00
April 4	82	63	0.00
April 5	72	51	0.00
April 6	64	54	1.15
April 7	78	41	0.00
April 8	54	33	0.00
April 9	59	30	0.00
April 10	63	31	0.00
April 11	52	38	1.75
April 12	61	39	0.00
April 13	72	38	0.00
April 14	73	40	0.02
April 15	75	54	0.30
April 16	72	43	0.59
April 17	60	36	0.00
April 18	64	35	0.00
April 19	61	32	0.00
April 20	64	39	0.00
April 21	64	28	0.00
April 22	72	44	0.00
April 23	66	44	0.00
April 24	62	42	0.00
April 25	63	41	0.00
April 26	81	45	0.00
April 27	83	55	0.00
April 28	82	65	0.00
April 29	84	64	0.00
April 30	87	64	0.80

May 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	52	0.10
May 2	68	51	0.00
May 3	80	62	0.25
May 4	80	63	0.27
May 5	71	52	0.00
May 6	79	59	0.00
May 7	80	58	0.39
May 8	63	41	0.00
May 9	70	32	0.00
May 10	80	52	0.00
May 11	85	57	0.00
May 12	89	62	0.00
May 13	92	65	0.00
May 14	93	65	0.00
May 15	87	65	0.00
May 16	76	53	0.00
May 17	77	41	0.00
May 18	77	53	0.00
May 19	85	50	0.00
May 20	77	55	0.00
May 21	82	52	0.00
May 22	86	60	0.80
May 23	91	62	0.07
May 24	70	50	0.00
May 25	70	43	0.00
May 26	76	44	0.00
May 27	82	60	0.00
May 28	85	65	0.00
May 29	78	62	0.00
May 30	83	59	0.00
May 31	92	67	0.00

June 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	58	1.75
June 2	74	50	1.28
June 3	72	49	0.03
June 4	76	48	0.00
June 5	79	53	0.00
June 6	80	56	0.00
June 7	81	57	0.00
June 8	84	53	0.00
June 9	87	56	0.00
June 10	89	63	0.00
June 11	90	66	0.00
June 12	89	67	0.00
June 13	90	69	0.00
June 14	90	69	0.00
June 15	89	68	0.00
June 16	91	69	0.00
June 17	93	68	0.00
June 18	93	68	0.84
June 19	70	56	0.41
June 20	78	58	0.03
June 21	86	65	0.00
June 22	95	71	0.00
June 23	96	71	0.00
June 24	93	70	0.00
June 25	96	70	0.00
June 26	95	68	0.05
June 27	94	70	0.00
June 28	92	65	0.00
June 29	88	69	0.04
June 30	93	65	0.00

July 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	69	0.00
July 2	97	70	0.00
July 3	97	69	0.04
July 4	91	67	0.00
July 5	94	72	0.00
July 6	92	71	0.48
July 7	88	70	1.14
July 8	89	71	0.16
July 9	86	67	0.16
July 10	84	63	0.30
July 11	85	60	0.00
July 12	88	61	0.00
July 13	86	69	0.04
July 14	90	69	0.00
July 15	89	63	0.00
July 16	89	70	0.05
July 17	85	67	0.05
July 18	83	65	0.00
July 19	80	67	0.44
July 20	87	70	1.90
July 21	88	71	0.00
July 22	91	69	0.00
July 23	91	72	0.00
July 24	90	70	0.00
July 25	90	69	0.02
July 26	89	65	0.00
July 27	88	70	0.00
July 28	93	65	1.10
July 29	88	62	0.36
July 30	80	62	0.59
July 31	79	59	0.00

August 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	67	0.00
August 2	90	72	0.15
August 3	82	64	0.09
August 4	83	60	0.00
August 5	92	67	0.00
August 6	96	68	0.00
August 7	84	70	0.00
August 8	89	67	0.00
August 9	91	62	0.00
August 10	93	70	0.10
August 11	91	68	0.12
August 12	91	69	0.07
August 13	95	69	0.00
August 14	93	70	0.00
August 15	91	67	0.00
August 16	88	65	0.00
August 17	89	63	0.00
August 18	93	71	0.00
August 19	87	69	0.18
August 20	90	68	0.49
August 21	70	61	0.11
August 22	76	60	0.00
August 23	82	57	0.00
August 24	88	61	0.00
August 25	80	62	0.00
August 26	86	65	0.00
August 27	90	66	0.00
August 28	85	71	0.00
August 29	89	69	0.00
August 30	92	67	0.00
August 31	95	69	0.00

September 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	71	0.05
September 2	92	70	0.00
September 3	87	68	0.07
September 4	88	68	0.00
September 5	84	68	0.29
September 6	88	67	0.00
September 7	76	66	0.01
September 8	75	55	0.00
September 9	70	49	0.00
September 10	71	44	0.00
September 11	78	45	0.00
September 12	85	58	0.00
September 13	89	62	0.00
September 14	96	64	0.00
September 15	94	62	0.00
September 16	97	64	0.00
September 17	91	68	0.00
September 18	79	56	0.00
September 19	80	52	0.00
September 20	78	51	0.45
September 21	71	45	0.00
September 22	81	50	0.00
September 23	88	63	0.00
September 24	73	60	0.00
September 25	66	54	0.25
September 26	59	54	2.31
September 27	55	52	0.25
September 28	60	52	0.06
September 29	67	57	0.00
September 30	79	59	0.00

October 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	81	58	0.00
October 2	85	61	0.00
October 3	80	63	0.00
October 4	79	65	0.14
October 5	79	63	0.00
October 6	66	60	0.35
October 7	71	47	0.00
October 8	72	41	0.00
October 9	80	45	0.00
October 10	67	47	0.00
October 11	63	38	0.00
October 12	67	37	0.00
October 13	67	44	0.00
October 14	72	43	0.00
October 15	76	46	0.00
October 16	73	54	0.00
October 17	64	60	0.40
October 18	77	60	0.15
October 19	69	55	0.58
October 20	63	52	0.09
October 21	65	57	0.90
October 22	76	61	0.02
October 23	77	52	0.00
October 24	74	55	0.00
October 25	64	51	0.00
October 26	60	50	0.00
October 27	60	52	0.15
October 28	67	57	0.00
October 29	60	54	0.01
October 30	67	60	0.36
October 31	70	59	0.03

November 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	74	59	0.42
November 2	78	60	0.04
November 3	73	58	0.00
November 4	60	54	0.00
November 5	70	49	0.00
November 6	67	41	0.00
November 7	71	39	0.00
November 8	57	47	0.30
November 9	50	35	0.25
November 10	58	30	0.00
November 11	65	32	0.00
November 12	69	45	0.00
November 13	58	34	0.00
November 14	68	38	0.00
November 15	71	40	0.00
November 16	78	53	0.00
November 17	54	41	0.04
November 18	56	33	0.00
November 19	57	29	0.00
November 20	65	28	0.00
November 21	72	46	0.06
November 22	52	28	0.00
November 23	47	22	0.00
November 24	35	26	0.00
November 25	45	23	0.00
November 26	44	29	0.00
November 27	46	28	0.00
November 28	51	23	0.00
November 29	57	32	0.16
November 30	45	28	0.11

December 1956 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	24	0.00
December 2	57	23	0.00
December 3	72	37	0.00
December 4	74	38	0.00
December 5	70	39	0.00
December 6	75	46	0.00
December 7	78	53	0.00
December 8	75	50	0.00
December 9	74	41	0.00
December 10	55	31	0.00
December 11	54	31	0.00
December 12	70	47	0.00
December 13	75	58	0.00
December 14	62	45	1.48
December 15	52	47	0.67
December 16	68	48	0.00
December 17	66	50	0.00
December 18	59	40	0.00
December 19	57	30	0.00
December 20	58	40	0.00
December 21	67	53	0.00
December 22	63	54	0.16
December 23	67	59	0.40
December 24	61	46	0.26
December 25	47	28	0.00
December 26	45	22	0.00
December 27	50	28	0.00
December 28	64	37	0.00
December 29	54	27	0.31
December 30	45	25	0.00
December 31	65	35	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Raleigh Durham International Airport	location
1940–1944	Raleigh Municipal Airport	location
1892–1939	Raleigh State University	location