Springfield Weather in 1956

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 27
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 22
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	August 1
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	February 1
Total annual precipitation	31.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1956 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 27
1	97 °F	Jul 1
3	96 °F	Sep 13
4	94 °F	Sep 22
5	93 °F	Sep 12
5	93 °F	Aug 4
5	93 °F	Jul 26
5	93 °F	Jun 24
5	93 °F	Jun 19
5	93 °F	Jun 12
5	93 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1956 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 31
2	2 °F	January 23
3	5 °F	January 30
4	7 °F	November 23
4	7 °F	January 26
6	8 °F	January 16
7	11 °F	November 24
7	11 °F	January 24
7	11 °F	January 21
10	12 °F	February 3
10	12 °F	January 22

January 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	25	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	57	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	13	0.03	0.5
January 16	18	8	0.01	0.2
January 17	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	25	0.06	1.0
January 19	30	21	0.07	0.9
January 20	29	18	0.02	0.4
January 21	20	11	0.05	0.5
January 22	18	12	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	2	0.00	0.0
January 24	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	30	13	0.04	0.4
January 26	31	7	0.00	0.0
January 27	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	46	35	0.02	0.0
January 29	35	20	0.14	1.4
January 30	22	5	0.13	1.3
January 31	30	-1	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	20	0.33	3.0
February 2	32	19	0.02	0.2
February 3	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	14	0.01	0.0
February 6	34	32	0.19	0.0
February 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	35	0.14	0.0
February 9	36	31	0.02	0.0
February 10	36	28	0.02	0.2
February 11	32	28	0.22	2.9
February 12	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	31	0.07	0.0
February 15	38	28	0.02	0.0
February 16	34	28	0.08	0.0
February 17	34	30	0.26	0.0
February 18	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	26	0.03	0.0
February 24	68	40	0.16	0.0
February 25	42	27	0.05	0.0
February 26	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	21	0.11	1.0
February 28	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 29	59	24	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	63	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	53	31	0.04	0.0
March 4	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	76	48	0.00	0.0
March 6	83	43	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	15	0.01	0.1
March 9	59	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	63	32	0.07	0.0
March 11	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	23	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	19	0.03	0.3
March 14	39	27	0.22	2.2
March 15	41	26	0.11	1.6
March 16	34	25	0.04	0.4
March 17	54	30	0.03	0.0
March 18	37	29	0.04	0.0
March 19	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 21	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	34	0.04	0.0
March 24	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	69	43	0.00	0.0
March 27	72	45	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	58	28	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	74	43	0.00
April 2	81	62	0.19
April 3	80	46	0.00
April 4	63	42	0.00
April 5	74	39	0.00
April 6	76	38	0.07
April 7	40	32	0.01
April 8	45	30	0.00
April 9	44	38	0.01
April 10	46	39	0.28
April 11	62	39	0.00
April 12	65	32	0.00
April 13	64	30	0.00
April 14	80	49	0.00
April 15	55	37	0.00
April 16	49	36	0.04
April 17	54	34	0.00
April 18	60	30	0.00
April 19	62	28	0.00
April 20	58	28	0.00
April 21	81	40	0.00
April 22	58	31	0.02
April 23	50	23	0.00
April 24	56	23	0.00
April 25	50	43	0.48
April 26	65	45	0.07
April 27	84	61	0.00
April 28	67	42	1.51
April 29	59	40	0.54
April 30	45	37	0.00

May 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	43	0.02
May 2	65	48	0.00
May 3	72	44	0.00
May 4	62	47	0.00
May 5	81	50	0.00
May 6	82	52	0.00
May 7	66	43	0.01
May 8	66	37	0.00
May 9	81	56	0.00
May 10	84	68	0.00
May 11	87	69	0.00
May 12	92	68	0.00
May 13	90	66	0.00
May 14	68	55	0.00
May 15	64	49	0.31
May 16	63	40	0.02
May 17	74	50	0.00
May 18	82	45	0.00
May 19	73	50	0.00
May 20	76	43	0.00
May 21	87	61	0.28
May 22	91	66	0.27
May 23	70	46	0.00
May 24	70	40	0.00
May 25	75	47	0.00
May 26	72	59	1.50
May 27	84	68	0.08
May 28	86	67	0.00
May 29	87	66	0.20
May 30	85	67	0.00
May 31	72	56	0.87

June 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	62	47	0.02
June 2	70	43	0.00
June 3	73	46	0.00
June 4	80	53	0.00
June 5	81	58	0.00
June 6	83	64	0.00
June 7	82	65	0.18
June 8	86	64	0.00
June 9	88	61	0.00
June 10	92	61	0.00
June 11	93	64	0.00
June 12	93	66	0.00
June 13	88	69	0.00
June 14	85	69	0.03
June 15	87	69	0.08
June 16	83	69	0.09
June 17	86	71	0.00
June 18	92	71	0.00
June 19	93	69	0.65
June 20	88	68	0.02
June 21	92	69	0.72
June 22	89	70	1.03
June 23	90	71	0.00
June 24	93	71	0.00
June 25	89	70	0.00
June 26	83	64	0.27
June 27	86	60	0.00
June 28	80	62	0.00
June 29	85	59	0.00
June 30	91	69	0.00

July 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	75	0.00
July 2	90	72	0.18
July 3	81	66	0.98
July 4	86	67	0.17
July 5	76	64	0.00
July 6	85	61	0.00
July 7	89	67	0.00
July 8	82	64	0.64
July 9	76	58	0.00
July 10	80	53	0.00
July 11	86	61	0.00
July 12	82	64	1.02
July 13	85	68	0.26
July 14	85	64	0.00
July 15	82	71	0.52
July 16	88	71	0.00
July 17	81	66	0.00
July 18	76	63	0.65
July 19	82	64	0.00
July 20	79	60	0.00
July 21	81	60	0.01
July 22	83	57	0.00
July 23	77	63	0.00
July 24	84	65	0.00
July 25	89	68	0.04
July 26	93	66	0.00
July 27	97	76	0.00
July 28	90	71	0.00
July 29	78	60	0.23
July 30	84	54	0.00
July 31	90	68	2.18

August 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	68	2.61
August 2	86	69	0.00
August 3	90	71	0.00
August 4	93	75	0.00
August 5	92	74	0.00
August 6	85	66	0.00
August 7	86	65	0.00
August 8	86	67	0.45
August 9	84	66	0.36
August 10	84	63	0.00
August 11	85	65	0.00
August 12	87	68	0.00
August 13	87	67	0.52
August 14	85	64	0.00
August 15	87	66	0.00
August 16	81	67	0.06
August 17	89	69	0.00
August 18	89	70	0.15
August 19	71	59	0.03
August 20	71	53	0.00
August 21	75	49	0.00
August 22	79	54	0.00
August 23	86	62	0.00
August 24	78	56	0.00
August 25	81	54	0.00
August 26	91	64	0.00
August 27	91	65	0.00
August 28	87	68	0.00
August 29	89	69	0.55
August 30	86	65	0.47
August 31	87	64	0.00

September 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	57	0.09
September 2	85	55	0.00
September 3	86	66	0.00
September 4	86	62	0.00
September 5	87	62	0.09
September 6	67	47	0.00
September 7	68	41	0.00
September 8	75	44	0.00
September 9	78	49	0.01
September 10	84	62	0.00
September 11	80	56	0.00
September 12	93	65	0.00
September 13	96	69	0.00
September 14	78	61	0.05
September 15	83	60	0.41
September 16	90	57	0.00
September 17	71	50	0.00
September 18	73	44	0.01
September 19	68	47	0.00
September 20	63	38	0.00
September 21	81	47	0.00
September 22	94	63	0.15
September 23	76	51	0.00
September 24	81	44	0.00
September 25	86	51	0.00
September 26	89	53	0.00
September 27	81	53	0.00
September 28	80	50	0.00
September 29	88	60	0.00
September 30	69	49	0.00

October 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	87	48	0.00
October 2	82	57	0.00
October 3	77	55	0.00
October 4	80	50	0.00
October 5	77	40	0.00
October 6	75	52	0.01
October 7	65	41	0.00
October 8	82	44	0.00
October 9	62	41	0.00
October 10	65	38	0.00
October 11	72	45	0.00
October 12	84	55	0.00
October 13	80	59	0.00
October 14	82	54	0.00
October 15	81	60	0.01
October 16	85	57	0.00
October 17	84	52	0.00
October 18	84	50	0.00
October 19	76	55	0.00
October 20	80	55	0.00
October 21	76	55	0.00
October 22	77	51	0.00
October 23	71	44	0.00
October 24	77	39	0.00
October 25	77	54	0.43
October 26	60	41	0.00
October 27	65	38	0.00
October 28	68	39	0.00
October 29	72	48	0.00
October 30	74	55	0.00
October 31	70	49	0.00

November 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	71	44	0.00	0.0
November 2	73	46	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	53	0.00	0.0
November 4	76	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	76	57	0.61	0.0
November 6	59	41	0.39	0.0
November 7	51	39	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	71	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 14	72	53	0.03	0.0
November 15	64	32	0.24	0.0
November 16	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	62	35	0.11	0.0
November 20	60	40	0.76	0.0
November 21	40	24	0.01	0.0
November 22	29	17	0.00	0.0
November 23	28	7	0.14	1.5
November 24	33	11	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	25	0.15	0.5
November 26	32	24	0.00	0.0
November 27	36	17	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	26	15	0.00	0.0
November 30	39	21	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	58	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	60	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	65	36	0.00	0.0
December 5	67	47	0.58	0.0
December 6	47	31	0.21	0.0
December 7	32	25	0.10	0.0
December 8	31	24	0.82	1.4
December 9	27	16	0.01	0.1
December 10	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 12	29	17	0.00	0.0
December 13	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	21	0.01	0.0
December 15	37	33	0.06	0.0
December 16	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	14	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	25	0.10	0.0
December 20	40	35	0.34	0.0
December 21	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 22	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	32	0.20	0.0
December 24	32	28	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	26	0.04	0.4
December 26	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 27	50	33	0.03	0.0
December 28	42	26	0.13	0.0
December 29	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	31	0.00	0.0

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