Seattle Weather in 1956

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	13 °F	February 16
Highest daily low	63 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	24 °F	February 15
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	December 9
Most daily snow	4.2 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	36.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1956 was 94 °F which happened on July 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 19
2	89 °F	Jul 18
3	87 °F	Aug 18
3	87 °F	Aug 12
3	87 °F	May 30
6	86 °F	Sep 6
6	86 °F	Aug 22
8	85 °F	Jul 20
8	85 °F	Jul 8
8	85 °F	May 18
8	85 °F	May 17

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1956 was 13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	13 °F	February 16
1	13 °F	February 15
3	17 °F	January 31
3	17 °F	January 30
5	19 °F	December 6
5	19 °F	February 1
7	20 °F	December 7
7	20 °F	March 10
9	21 °F	February 2
10	23 °F	December 5
10	23 °F	March 11
10	23 °F	January 29
10	23 °F	January 27

January 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	33	0.28	0.0
January 2	42	35	0.88	0.0
January 3	43	39	0.95	0.0
January 4	48	36	0.95	0.0
January 5	52	37	0.34	0.0
January 6	47	34	1.22	0.0
January 7	43	31	0.13	0.0
January 8	44	31	0.09	0.0
January 9	44	37	0.11	0.0
January 10	46	35	0.09	0.0
January 11	56	40	0.00	0.0
January 12	55	39	0.34	0.0
January 13	45	36	0.03	0.0
January 14	43	35	0.61	0.0
January 15	50	40	0.89	0.0
January 16	47	40	0.05	0.0
January 17	48	38	0.13	0.0
January 18	48	37	0.06	0.0
January 19	47	38	0.38	0.0
January 20	47	41	0.11	0.0
January 21	46	40	0.34	0.0
January 22	51	41	0.30	0.0
January 23	44	33	0.29	0.0
January 24	41	31	0.02	0.0
January 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 28	36	28	0.08	0.4
January 29	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	17	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	32	0.12	0.0
February 5	41	38	0.05	0.0
February 6	42	37	0.02	0.0
February 7	46	32	0.02	0.0
February 8	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	38	0.03	0.0
February 11	46	40	0.02	0.0
February 12	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	28	0.01	0.0
February 14	40	24	0.23	4.2
February 15	24	13	0.00	0.0
February 16	25	13	0.03	0.7
February 17	33	25	0.12	1.5
February 18	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	45	35	0.00	0.0
February 20	46	35	0.17	0.0
February 21	43	31	0.47	0.0
February 22	43	31	0.05	0.0
February 23	36	30	0.29	3.0
February 24	41	34	0.10	0.0
February 25	44	36	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	33	0.23	0.0
February 27	46	35	0.07	0.0
February 28	47	42	0.05	0.0
February 29	43	37	0.09	0.0

March 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	46	41	0.16	0.0
March 2	49	36	0.45	0.0
March 3	40	32	0.28	0.8
March 4	40	31	0.14	0.0
March 5	39	30	0.01	0.1
March 6	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	35	0.61	0.0
March 8	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	28	0.14	1.4
March 10	39	20	0.02	0.0
March 11	43	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	66	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 20	45	36	0.28	0.0
March 21	55	43	0.31	0.0
March 22	50	40	0.28	0.0
March 23	49	40	0.55	0.0
March 24	49	39	0.21	0.0
March 25	50	38	0.49	0.0
March 26	48	35	0.02	0.0
March 27	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	40	0.44	0.0
March 29	48	42	0.17	0.0
March 30	48	39	0.36	0.0
March 31	51	37	0.03	0.0

April 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	35	0.01
April 2	50	38	0.03
April 3	48	38	0.00
April 4	51	36	0.00
April 5	50	33	0.00
April 6	54	31	0.10
April 7	53	40	0.18
April 8	55	37	0.00
April 9	61	37	0.00
April 10	68	42	0.00
April 11	63	43	0.00
April 12	66	40	0.00
April 13	67	38	0.00
April 14	50	43	0.00
April 15	58	42	0.01
April 16	55	36	0.00
April 17	62	34	0.00
April 18	67	38	0.00
April 19	74	42	0.00
April 20	73	45	0.00
April 21	65	46	0.00
April 22	62	45	0.00
April 23	61	37	0.00
April 24	66	40	0.00
April 25	68	41	0.00
April 26	65	40	0.00
April 27	55	40	0.00
April 28	57	45	0.00
April 29	57	43	0.00
April 30	62	37	0.00

May 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	42	0.00
May 2	57	44	0.00
May 3	61	45	0.00
May 4	53	48	0.14
May 5	63	47	0.05
May 6	67	44	0.00
May 7	70	44	0.00
May 8	70	46	0.00
May 9	66	46	0.00
May 10	56	42	0.18
May 11	57	38	0.02
May 12	59	41	0.00
May 13	65	37	0.00
May 14	68	45	0.00
May 15	75	44	0.00
May 16	77	48	0.00
May 17	85	51	0.00
May 18	85	54	0.00
May 19	67	53	0.00
May 20	66	51	0.00
May 21	68	47	0.00
May 22	79	46	0.00
May 23	66	49	0.00
May 24	67	50	0.00
May 25	70	47	0.00
May 26	55	48	0.44
May 27	63	45	0.00
May 28	68	42	0.00
May 29	75	46	0.00
May 30	87	54	0.00
May 31	62	54	0.00

June 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	53	0.00
June 2	68	52	0.00
June 3	55	48	0.45
June 4	59	46	0.02
June 5	60	45	0.00
June 6	56	46	0.16
June 7	62	47	0.11
June 8	63	55	0.50
June 9	60	50	0.25
June 10	59	46	0.43
June 11	65	42	0.00
June 12	67	48	0.00
June 13	65	48	0.02
June 14	68	53	0.00
June 15	59	51	0.00
June 16	66	50	0.21
June 17	67	49	0.00
June 18	70	50	0.17
June 19	61	51	0.15
June 20	59	49	0.00
June 21	68	49	0.00
June 22	70	51	0.00
June 23	64	48	0.00
June 24	65	49	0.00
June 25	66	45	0.00
June 26	77	56	0.00
June 27	72	51	0.00
June 28	69	49	0.00
June 29	65	49	0.00
June 30	69	49	0.00

July 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	48	0.00
July 2	65	53	0.00
July 3	66	51	0.00
July 4	72	52	0.03
July 5	66	54	0.29
July 6	68	52	0.00
July 7	74	51	0.00
July 8	85	55	0.00
July 9	81	60	0.00
July 10	70	56	0.00
July 11	71	54	0.00
July 12	80	54	0.00
July 13	70	55	0.00
July 14	68	52	0.01
July 15	73	55	0.00
July 16	79	54	0.00
July 17	83	53	0.00
July 18	89	54	0.00
July 19	94	63	0.00
July 20	85	61	0.00
July 21	80	58	0.00
July 22	81	54	0.00
July 23	82	59	0.00
July 24	83	55	0.00
July 25	74	56	0.00
July 26	75	51	0.00
July 27	70	46	0.00
July 28	75	48	0.00
July 29	72	49	0.00
July 30	68	50	0.00
July 31	68	51	0.00

August 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	51	0.00
August 2	54	50	0.49
August 3	68	46	0.00
August 4	73	49	0.00
August 5	77	50	0.00
August 6	77	50	0.00
August 7	76	50	0.00
August 8	79	50	0.00
August 9	75	51	0.00
August 10	67	51	0.00
August 11	75	48	0.00
August 12	87	56	0.00
August 13	69	55	0.00
August 14	65	58	0.00
August 15	64	55	0.01
August 16	74	56	0.00
August 17	78	50	0.00
August 18	87	54	0.00
August 19	80	54	0.00
August 20	80	54	0.00
August 21	83	53	0.00
August 22	86	55	0.00
August 23	73	57	0.00
August 24	76	62	0.00
August 25	64	53	0.14
August 26	65	53	0.10
August 27	67	55	0.02
August 28	72	50	0.00
August 29	68	54	0.00
August 30	72	46	0.00
August 31	80	47	0.00

September 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	68	54	0.00
September 2	68	45	0.00
September 3	69	45	0.00
September 4	73	44	0.00
September 5	78	54	0.00
September 6	86	48	0.00
September 7	68	50	0.00
September 8	74	47	0.00
September 9	65	49	0.11
September 10	67	56	0.33
September 11	67	52	0.58
September 12	66	50	0.00
September 13	71	49	0.00
September 14	69	47	0.00
September 15	57	51	0.00
September 16	66	53	0.00
September 17	58	48	0.00
September 18	58	49	0.00
September 19	64	48	0.00
September 20	65	50	0.03
September 21	65	48	0.00
September 22	65	40	0.00
September 23	69	43	0.03
September 24	70	57	0.01
September 25	67	58	0.45
September 26	61	50	0.48
September 27	59	47	0.00
September 28	63	48	0.09
September 29	58	51	0.31
September 30	62	47	0.00

October 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	44	0.00
October 2	60	46	0.08
October 3	63	40	0.00
October 4	58	50	0.01
October 5	62	41	0.00
October 6	65	44	0.00
October 7	68	50	0.00
October 8	63	51	0.00
October 9	66	55	0.01
October 10	62	48	0.16
October 11	54	46	0.01
October 12	53	44	0.00
October 13	53	41	0.00
October 14	56	48	0.41
October 15	59	52	0.78
October 16	58	50	0.15
October 17	62	45	0.84
October 18	49	42	0.35
October 19	59	40	0.12
October 20	57	47	1.27
October 21	54	42	0.14
October 22	52	39	0.40
October 23	46	35	0.22
October 24	48	35	0.16
October 25	53	43	0.06
October 26	50	40	0.21
October 27	45	36	0.15
October 28	47	32	0.17
October 29	49	41	0.49
October 30	45	38	0.45
October 31	45	38	0.07

November 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	44	37	0.00
November 2	51	38	0.00
November 3	55	44	0.00
November 4	52	45	0.00
November 5	51	45	0.05
November 6	50	45	0.01
November 7	55	43	0.00
November 8	57	39	0.00
November 9	58	41	0.00
November 10	51	48	0.16
November 11	50	46	0.00
November 12	52	44	0.01
November 13	46	35	0.00
November 14	43	32	0.08
November 15	47	39	0.26
November 16	51	38	0.87
November 17	47	36	0.00
November 18	41	31	0.15
November 19	41	26	0.00
November 20	46	29	0.00
November 21	49	35	0.00
November 22	40	35	0.00
November 23	55	33	0.00
November 24	50	31	0.00
November 25	38	31	0.00
November 26	38	33	0.00
November 27	41	31	0.00
November 28	51	33	0.00
November 29	50	28	0.00
November 30	50	36	0.00

December 1956 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	35	0.11	0.0
December 3	52	36	0.38	0.0
December 4	40	29	0.06	0.4
December 5	29	23	0.28	2.6
December 6	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	45	29	0.69	0.0
December 9	54	44	1.78	0.0
December 10	54	43	0.16	0.0
December 11	43	39	0.51	0.0
December 12	51	40	0.14	0.0
December 13	50	45	0.12	0.0
December 14	49	45	0.00	0.0
December 15	50	45	0.13	0.0
December 16	47	42	0.01	0.0
December 17	51	42	0.42	0.0
December 18	49	45	0.07	0.0
December 19	50	39	0.00	0.0
December 20	47	38	0.35	0.0
December 21	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	37	0.10	0.0
December 23	50	39	0.27	0.0
December 24	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 25	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	30	0.04	0.0
December 31	50	39	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Seattle Tacoma International Airport	location
1894–1947	University of Washington	location