Santa Cruz Weather in 1956

Historical record of Santa Cruz, California weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Santa Cruz Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	May 16
Lowest temperature	28 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	58 °F	October 7
Lowest daily high	50 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	January 15
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	17.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1956 was 96 °F which happened on May 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	May 16
2	93 °F	Sep 22
3	92 °F	Nov 9
3	92 °F	Sep 28
5	90 °F	Nov 8
5	90 °F	Sep 23
5	90 °F	Sep 17
5	90 °F	Jun 28
5	90 °F	May 15
10	89 °F	Sep 8

What was the coldest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1956 was 28 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	28 °F	February 17
1	28 °F	February 2
3	29 °F	December 9
3	29 °F	December 8
3	29 °F	March 7
6	30 °F	December 23
6	30 °F	March 6
6	30 °F	February 4
9	31 °F	December 7
9	31 °F	February 27
9	31 °F	February 18
9	31 °F	February 15
9	31 °F	February 10
9	31 °F	February 3

January 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	54	43	0.95
January 2	57	36	0.02
January 3	59	39	0.09
January 4	55	38	0.09
January 5	52	50	1.09
January 6	57	43	0.00
January 7	56	47	0.07
January 8	55	35	0.18
January 9	59	42	0.00
January 10	59	50	0.36
January 11	61	41	0.00
January 12	56	40	0.00
January 13	55	46	0.11
January 14	56	50	1.05
January 15	56	54	1.65
January 16	57	41	0.00
January 17	55	36	0.00
January 18	61	42	0.09
January 19	59	44	0.05
January 20	59	48	0.74
January 21	55	44	0.03
January 22	54	47	0.39
January 23	58	49	0.41
January 24	53	39	0.03
January 25	55	44	1.25
January 26	55	44	0.36
January 27	53	38	0.26
January 28	54	43	0.07
January 29	58	33	0.00
January 30	54	34	0.00
January 31	59	33	0.00

February 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	57	33	0.00
February 2	58	28	0.00
February 3	58	31	0.00
February 4	58	30	0.00
February 5	62	43	0.00
February 6	69	42	0.00
February 7	61	34	0.00
February 8	65	37	0.00
February 9	62	33	0.00
February 10	62	31	0.00
February 11	64	32	0.00
February 12	61	33	0.00
February 13	58	37	0.00
February 14	58	38	0.00
February 15	56	31	0.00
February 16	52	35	0.00
February 17	50	28	0.06
February 18	53	31	0.05
February 19	51	32	0.04
February 20	56	41	0.03
February 21	58	44	0.00
February 22	57	n/a	0.32
February 23	55	37	0.62
February 24	55	33	0.06
February 25	52	32	0.12
February 26	56	32	0.03
February 27	58	31	0.00
February 28	57	33	0.00
February 29	59	40	0.13

March 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	64	34	0.00
March 2	63	38	0.00
March 3	58	40	0.00
March 4	59	38	0.00
March 5	56	36	0.14
March 6	53	30	0.02
March 7	60	29	0.00
March 8	62	33	0.00
March 9	64	36	0.00
March 10	61	34	0.00
March 11	66	38	0.00
March 12	n/a	41	0.00
March 13	60	32	0.00
March 14	63	34	0.00
March 15	73	36	0.00
March 16	67	42	0.00
March 17	70	43	0.00
March 18	69	41	0.00
March 19	51	43	0.00
March 20	64	36	0.00
March 21	64	40	0.00
March 22	66	37	0.00
March 23	69	37	0.00
March 24	70	40	0.00
March 25	68	40	0.00
March 26	63	41	0.00
March 27	69	41	0.00
March 28	76	34	0.00
March 29	n/a	36	0.00
March 30	63	41	0.00
March 31	62	45	0.10

April 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	37	0.00
April 2	65	35	0.00
April 3	63	35	0.00
April 4	65	34	0.00
April 5	70	39	0.00
April 6	79	37	0.00
April 7	73	38	0.00
April 8	71	38	0.00
April 9	65	41	0.00
April 10	68	47	0.15
April 11	53	43	0.76
April 12	61	36	0.01
April 13	62	36	0.00
April 14	56	47	0.12
April 15	64	48	0.00
April 16	66	41	0.00
April 17	64	39	0.00
April 18	62	47	0.00
April 19	63	44	0.00
April 20	75	42	0.00
April 21	71	47	0.00
April 22	70	42	0.00
April 23	62	49	0.00
April 24	60	49	0.00
April 25	55	50	0.26
April 26	57	51	0.57
April 27	62	45	0.02
April 28	64	46	0.00
April 29	71	51	0.00
April 30	62	45	0.00

May 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	48	0.00
May 2	62	44	0.00
May 3	68	44	0.45
May 4	64	46	0.52
May 5	61	54	0.06
May 6	61	52	0.22
May 7	64	50	0.05
May 8	66	43	0.04
May 9	63	50	0.13
May 10	62	49	0.00
May 11	64	49	0.00
May 12	68	50	0.00
May 13	75	39	0.00
May 14	81	43	0.00
May 15	90	42	0.00
May 16	96	49	0.00
May 17	67	50	0.00
May 18	67	47	0.00
May 19	67	50	0.00
May 20	73	54	0.00
May 21	70	48	0.00
May 22	63	47	0.02
May 23	71	52	0.00
May 24	68	57	0.00
May 25	68	46	0.00
May 26	71	45	0.00
May 27	71	41	0.00
May 28	n/a	48	0.00
May 29	59	50	0.00
May 30	67	52	0.00
May 31	68	47	0.00

June 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	78	46
June 2	88	46
June 3	74	50
June 4	71	48
June 5	74	41
June 6	73	42
June 7	78	41
June 8	78	42
June 9	78	44
June 10	78	48
June 11	76	41
June 12	76	41
June 13	71	42
June 14	68	46
June 15	72	49
June 16	75	48
June 17	79	44
June 18	70	46
June 19	80	54
June 20	78	43
June 21	75	43
June 22	69	45
June 23	68	50
June 24	69	45
June 25	82	44
June 26	78	49
June 27	73	52
June 28	90	52
June 29	78	49
June 30	62	48

July 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	52	0.00
July 2	64	46	0.00
July 3	64	52	0.00
July 4	66	50	0.00
July 5	78	49	0.00
July 6	71	51	0.00
July 7	67	52	0.00
July 8	67	51	0.00
July 9	74	52	0.00
July 10	72	53	0.00
July 11	68	51	0.00
July 12	64	51	0.07
July 13	67	54	0.00
July 14	68	53	0.00
July 15	70	53	0.00
July 16	72	54	0.00
July 17	70	49	0.00
July 18	67	54	0.00
July 19	72	54	0.00
July 20	72	55	0.00
July 21	77	45	0.00
July 22	75	55	0.00
July 23	73	50	0.00
July 24	69	52	0.00
July 25	71	54	0.00
July 26	68	56	0.00
July 27	69	55	0.00
July 28	72	55	0.00
July 29	71	53	0.00
July 30	69	51	0.00
July 31	69	52	0.00

August 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	69	51	0.00
August 2	71	44	0.00
August 3	65	45	0.00
August 4	76	48	0.00
August 5	71	46	0.00
August 6	79	45	0.00
August 7	69	47	0.00
August 8	68	52	0.00
August 9	70	53	0.00
August 10	67	49	0.00
August 11	61	52	0.00
August 12	69	52	0.00
August 13	77	46	0.00
August 14	80	46	0.00
August 15	82	47	0.00
August 16	n/a	48	0.00
August 17	70	47	0.00
August 18	65	47	0.00
August 19	65	48	0.00
August 20	74	54	0.00
August 21	75	54	0.00
August 22	79	54	0.00
August 23	81	48	0.00
August 24	82	53	0.00
August 25	67	49	0.00
August 26	75	53	0.00
August 27	63	52	0.00
August 28	64	52	0.02
August 29	67	56	0.00
August 30	66	52	0.00
August 31	70	55	0.00

September 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	50	0.00
September 2	69	50	0.00
September 3	66	53	0.00
September 4	66	54	0.00
September 5	67	51	0.00
September 6	70	50	0.00
September 7	73	45	0.00
September 8	89	44	0.00
September 9	85	44	0.00
September 10	84	53	0.00
September 11	82	44	0.00
September 12	84	44	0.00
September 13	77	46	0.00
September 14	83	45	0.00
September 15	85	45	0.00
September 16	86	45	0.00
September 17	90	49	0.00
September 18	83	58	0.00
September 19	82	58	0.28
September 20	72	55	0.00
September 21	80	47	0.00
September 22	93	48	0.00
September 23	90	50	0.00
September 24	68	52	0.00
September 25	69	50	0.00
September 26	75	50	0.00
September 27	75	54	0.00
September 28	92	49	0.00
September 29	80	47	0.00
September 30	68	54	0.00

October 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	49	0.00
October 2	71	54	0.01
October 3	67	51	0.11
October 4	66	55	0.21
October 5	69	49	0.00
October 6	59	47	0.00
October 7	63	58	0.00
October 8	75	57	0.00
October 9	73	55	0.00
October 10	68	49	0.00
October 11	71	47	0.12
October 12	62	43	0.00
October 13	78	42	0.00
October 14	79	43	0.00
October 15	82	43	0.00
October 16	68	41	0.00
October 17	74	43	0.00
October 18	73	43	0.00
October 19	78	42	0.00
October 20	83	43	0.00
October 21	80	43	0.00
October 22	68	41	0.00
October 23	63	43	0.33
October 24	67	34	0.00
October 25	69	37	0.00
October 26	67	42	0.00
October 27	63	42	0.09
October 28	59	36	0.00
October 29	59	40	0.00
October 30	61	52	0.94
October 31	62	38	0.02

November 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	59	35	0.02
November 2	67	47	0.00
November 3	69	39	0.00
November 4	67	37	0.00
November 5	72	39	0.00
November 6	73	41	0.00
November 7	80	45	0.00
November 8	90	47	0.00
November 9	92	49	0.00
November 10	87	48	0.00
November 11	75	45	0.00
November 12	55	45	0.00
November 13	63	46	0.00
November 14	65	43	0.00
November 15	68	35	0.00
November 16	67	36	0.00
November 17	68	35	0.00
November 18	65	40	0.00
November 19	65	40	0.00
November 20	67	33	0.00
November 21	73	33	0.00
November 22	78	37	0.00
November 23	76	36	0.00
November 24	81	37	0.00
November 25	80	39	0.00
November 26	75	38	0.00
November 27	71	39	0.00
November 28	75	35	0.00
November 29	78	36	0.00
November 30	78	35	0.00

December 1956 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	76	36	0.00
December 2	76	35	0.00
December 3	66	36	0.00
December 4	60	42	0.36
December 5	55	44	0.54
December 6	52	37	0.06
December 7	53	31	0.00
December 8	56	29	0.00
December 9	63	29	0.00
December 10	63	33	0.00
December 11	63	39	0.00
December 12	63	47	0.00
December 13	63	43	0.00
December 14	60	43	0.00
December 15	63	35	0.00
December 16	63	37	0.00
December 17	63	32	0.00
December 18	65	38	0.00
December 19	65	35	0.00
December 20	68	33	0.00
December 21	59	32	0.00
December 22	58	39	0.00
December 23	60	30	0.00
December 24	58	32	0.00
December 25	73	34	0.00
December 26	72	34	0.00
December 27	73	34	0.00
December 28	75	35	0.00
December 29	73	37	0.00
December 30	61	37	0.00
December 31	64	34	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2022	Santa Cruz	location