San Francisco Weather in 1956

Historical record of San Francisco, California weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 San Francisco Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	May 16
Lowest temperature	38 °F	February 16
Highest daily low	62 °F	May 16
Lowest daily high	47 °F	December 20
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	January 14
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	15.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in San Francisco in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in San Francisco, California in 1956 was 91 °F which happened on May 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in San Francisco in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	May 16
2	87 °F	Sep 22
3	85 °F	Jun 26
4	84 °F	Sep 28
4	84 °F	Jun 27
6	82 °F	May 15
7	79 °F	Sep 17
8	78 °F	Nov 7
8	78 °F	Sep 23
8	78 °F	Sep 21

What was the coldest temperature in San Francisco in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in San Francisco, California in 1956 was 38 °F which happened on Feb 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in San Francisco in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	38 °F	February 16
2	39 °F	March 6
3	40 °F	February 18
4	41 °F	December 31
4	41 °F	December 20
4	41 °F	December 9
4	41 °F	December 7
4	41 °F	February 15
9	42 °F	December 21
9	42 °F	December 8
9	42 °F	February 3
9	42 °F	February 1

January 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	58	48	0.13
January 2	53	45	0.00
January 3	59	46	0.00
January 4	58	46	0.13
January 5	57	50	0.05
January 6	57	48	0.00
January 7	55	46	0.57
January 8	55	44	0.00
January 9	56	48	0.21
January 10	59	51	0.17
January 11	58	46	0.00
January 12	52	47	0.00
January 13	59	52	0.30
January 14	56	52	3.22
January 15	58	52	1.18
January 16	57	48	0.00
January 17	54	45	0.00
January 18	55	48	0.23
January 19	52	49	0.07
January 20	56	51	0.59
January 21	54	50	0.00
January 22	57	50	0.35
January 23	58	49	0.03
January 24	51	45	0.27
January 25	58	48	0.41
January 26	57	46	0.32
January 27	51	45	0.49
January 28	56	44	0.00
January 29	55	43	0.00
January 30	54	45	0.00
January 31	57	44	0.00

February 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	58	42	0.00
February 2	57	44	0.00
February 3	58	42	0.00
February 4	54	43	0.00
February 5	58	48	0.00
February 6	65	51	0.00
February 7	68	49	0.00
February 8	65	50	0.00
February 9	65	46	0.00
February 10	59	44	0.00
February 11	64	44	0.00
February 12	62	46	0.00
February 13	58	48	0.00
February 14	57	45	0.00
February 15	53	41	0.00
February 16	57	38	0.00
February 17	51	43	0.01
February 18	53	40	0.00
February 19	52	44	0.67
February 20	56	51	0.07
February 21	60	50	0.10
February 22	61	47	0.85
February 23	54	44	0.01
February 24	52	43	0.00
February 25	52	44	0.22
February 26	52	43	0.01
February 27	57	45	0.00
February 28	58	44	0.05
February 29	56	48	0.04

March 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	59	46	0.00
March 2	56	47	0.00
March 3	55	47	0.02
March 4	54	46	0.02
March 5	53	43	0.00
March 6	53	39	0.00
March 7	59	44	0.00
March 8	60	45	0.00
March 9	60	46	0.00
March 10	61	45	0.00
March 11	61	47	0.00
March 12	63	46	0.00
March 13	59	46	0.00
March 14	67	47	0.00
March 15	70	48	0.00
March 16	73	50	0.00
March 17	68	49	0.00
March 18	54	47	0.00
March 19	55	49	0.00
March 20	60	46	0.00
March 21	62	48	0.00
March 22	60	50	0.00
March 23	62	48	0.00
March 24	63	49	0.00
March 25	60	52	0.00
March 26	57	47	0.00
March 27	65	48	0.00
March 28	67	50	0.00
March 29	64	47	0.00
March 30	57	47	0.03
March 31	53	47	0.05

April 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	56	45	0.00
April 2	58	47	0.00
April 3	62	47	0.00
April 4	60	47	0.00
April 5	66	47	0.00
April 6	76	49	0.00
April 7	60	48	0.00
April 8	66	48	0.00
April 9	54	48	0.00
April 10	57	48	0.06
April 11	53	44	0.81
April 12	58	45	0.00
April 13	52	47	0.10
April 14	54	50	0.01
April 15	57	50	0.00
April 16	62	49	0.00
April 17	66	48	0.00
April 18	68	49	0.00
April 19	60	49	0.00
April 20	67	48	0.00
April 21	64	49	0.00
April 22	58	48	0.00
April 23	55	47	0.00
April 24	60	50	0.01
April 25	61	52	0.09
April 26	61	52	0.60
April 27	58	50	0.00
April 28	58	50	0.00
April 29	64	50	0.00
April 30	60	49	0.00

May 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	50	0.00
May 2	59	50	0.00
May 3	65	51	0.25
May 4	64	53	0.15
May 5	61	53	0.02
May 6	59	52	0.03
May 7	62	51	0.11
May 8	69	53	0.11
May 9	58	53	0.00
May 10	60	52	0.01
May 11	57	49	0.00
May 12	61	49	0.00
May 13	73	51	0.00
May 14	76	49	0.00
May 15	82	49	0.00
May 16	91	62	0.00
May 17	64	51	0.00
May 18	59	51	0.00
May 19	58	51	0.00
May 20	65	50	0.00
May 21	64	49	0.00
May 22	58	49	0.00
May 23	59	51	0.00
May 24	65	50	0.00
May 25	62	51	0.00
May 26	60	49	0.00
May 27	65	50	0.00
May 28	61	50	0.00
May 29	60	51	0.00
May 30	62	53	0.00
May 31	63	53	0.00

June 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	52	0.00
June 2	71	54	0.00
June 3	59	50	0.00
June 4	60	51	0.00
June 5	60	50	0.00
June 6	64	51	0.00
June 7	63	52	0.00
June 8	63	51	0.00
June 9	64	51	0.00
June 10	62	53	0.00
June 11	68	51	0.00
June 12	62	50	0.00
June 13	60	51	0.00
June 14	59	52	0.01
June 15	61	51	0.00
June 16	67	51	0.00
June 17	75	53	0.00
June 18	61	50	0.01
June 19	63	53	0.00
June 20	66	51	0.00
June 21	71	51	0.00
June 22	75	53	0.00
June 23	59	51	0.00
June 24	61	50	0.00
June 25	74	51	0.00
June 26	85	56	0.00
June 27	84	59	0.00
June 28	75	54	0.00
June 29	59	52	0.00
June 30	60	51	0.00

July 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	56	50
July 2	61	50
July 3	63	50
July 4	61	51
July 5	62	51
July 6	61	50
July 7	62	50
July 8	60	51
July 9	63	54
July 10	63	52
July 11	61	52
July 12	58	52
July 13	64	55
July 14	61	54
July 15	60	52
July 16	59	51
July 17	67	51
July 18	65	51
July 19	63	54
July 20	65	54
July 21	61	53
July 22	70	53
July 23	61	53
July 24	63	53
July 25	62	54
July 26	64	55
July 27	64	54
July 28	60	52
July 29	61	53
July 30	58	53
July 31	60	52

August 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	64	54	0.00
August 2	66	53	0.00
August 3	60	51	0.00
August 4	60	51	0.00
August 5	65	52	0.00
August 6	73	54	0.00
August 7	62	51	0.00
August 8	59	50	0.00
August 9	62	50	0.00
August 10	75	53	0.00
August 11	57	51	0.00
August 12	63	54	0.00
August 13	65	53	0.00
August 14	65	54	0.00
August 15	66	54	0.00
August 16	64	54	0.00
August 17	62	53	0.00
August 18	63	52	0.00
August 19	62	53	0.00
August 20	62	53	0.00
August 21	65	55	0.01
August 22	67	54	0.00
August 23	68	56	0.00
August 24	65	55	0.00
August 25	65	55	0.00
August 26	71	55	0.00
August 27	63	55	0.00
August 28	68	55	0.00
August 29	62	56	0.00
August 30	63	55	0.00
August 31	63	55	0.00

September 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	66	52	0.00
September 2	72	52	0.00
September 3	61	54	0.00
September 4	67	55	0.00
September 5	63	54	0.00
September 6	64	55	0.00
September 7	67	57	0.00
September 8	75	54	0.00
September 9	74	60	0.00
September 10	67	58	0.00
September 11	66	56	0.00
September 12	67	56	0.00
September 13	66	56	0.00
September 14	70	55	0.00
September 15	68	54	0.00
September 16	75	57	0.00
September 17	79	58	0.00
September 18	69	57	0.15
September 19	65	55	0.18
September 20	70	55	0.00
September 21	78	56	0.00
September 22	87	58	0.00
September 23	78	55	0.00
September 24	64	53	0.00
September 25	61	51	0.00
September 26	67	54	0.00
September 27	69	55	0.00
September 28	84	56	0.00
September 29	70	54	0.00
September 30	67	54	0.00

October 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	55	0.00
October 2	68	56	0.00
October 3	62	53	0.00
October 4	62	54	0.00
October 5	65	53	0.00
October 6	67	53	0.00
October 7	65	59	0.02
October 8	68	58	0.00
October 9	66	56	0.00
October 10	64	55	0.08
October 11	63	55	0.00
October 12	66	54	0.00
October 13	69	54	0.00
October 14	73	53	0.00
October 15	76	56	0.00
October 16	70	53	0.00
October 17	67	54	0.00
October 18	64	55	0.01
October 19	75	55	0.00
October 20	77	55	0.00
October 21	72	54	0.00
October 22	69	52	0.00
October 23	57	51	0.04
October 24	61	49	0.00
October 25	65	51	0.00
October 26	60	53	0.11
October 27	58	50	0.02
October 28	58	49	0.00
October 29	58	51	0.27
October 30	60	49	0.59
October 31	56	49	0.00

November 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	58	50	0.02
November 2	63	51	0.02
November 3	73	56	0.00
November 4	68	51	0.00
November 5	69	51	0.00
November 6	73	50	0.00
November 7	78	54	0.00
November 8	76	58	0.00
November 9	77	57	0.00
November 10	77	59	0.00
November 11	66	50	0.00
November 12	56	50	0.00
November 13	64	50	0.00
November 14	66	52	0.00
November 15	62	48	0.00
November 16	67	49	0.00
November 17	69	52	0.00
November 18	66	50	0.00
November 19	62	52	0.00
November 20	64	49	0.00
November 21	67	49	0.00
November 22	68	50	0.00
November 23	69	49	0.00
November 24	71	49	0.00
November 25	71	49	0.00
November 26	69	49	0.00
November 27	64	49	0.00
November 28	68	50	0.00
November 29	68	49	0.00
November 30	66	48	0.00

December 1956 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	70	49	0.00
December 2	65	48	0.00
December 3	58	45	0.00
December 4	59	49	0.10
December 5	54	46	0.26
December 6	53	43	0.00
December 7	50	41	0.00
December 8	55	42	0.00
December 9	56	41	0.00
December 10	61	45	0.00
December 11	60	53	0.00
December 12	62	50	0.00
December 13	63	50	0.01
December 14	62	46	0.00
December 15	61	46	0.00
December 16	65	48	0.00
December 17	60	49	0.00
December 18	60	46	0.00
December 19	55	44	0.00
December 20	47	41	0.00
December 21	57	42	0.00
December 22	58	47	0.00
December 23	57	43	0.00
December 24	60	44	0.00
December 25	66	48	0.00
December 26	63	46	0.00
December 27	66	45	0.00
December 28	64	47	0.00
December 29	63	47	0.00
December 30	57	46	0.00
December 31	63	41	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1921–2024	Downtown San Francisco	location