Washington D.C. Weather in 1956

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 13
Lowest temperature	20 °F	November 24
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 2
Lowest daily high	30 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	September 27
Most daily snow	2.4 inches	January 19
Total annual precipitation	35.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	8.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1956 was 95 °F which happened on June 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 13
2	94 °F	Jul 2
3	93 °F	Sep 1
3	93 °F	Aug 31
3	93 °F	Aug 18
3	93 °F	Jul 1
3	93 °F	Jun 15
3	93 °F	Jun 14
3	93 °F	May 14
3	93 °F	May 13

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1956 was 20 °F which happened 4 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	20 °F	November 24
1	20 °F	February 22
1	20 °F	January 28
1	20 °F	January 24
5	21 °F	January 8
6	22 °F	January 27
6	22 °F	January 26
6	22 °F	January 25
9	23 °F	November 25
9	23 °F	November 23
9	23 °F	January 2
9	23 °F	January 1

January 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	44	35	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	47	32	0.00	0.0
January 6	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 8	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	24	0.24	0.0
January 10	48	32	0.47	0.0
January 11	45	41	0.21	0.0
January 12	43	38	0.06	0.0
January 13	43	34	0.02	0.0
January 14	44	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	31	0.13	1.3
January 17	37	30	0.03	0.3
January 18	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	30	0.24	2.4
January 20	39	29	0.02	0.2
January 21	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	22	0.02	0.3
January 26	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	20	0.05	0.0
January 29	44	33	0.39	0.0
January 30	63	36	0.11	0.0
January 31	37	28	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	40	24	0.00
February 2	44	31	0.48
February 3	43	36	0.14
February 4	36	32	0.36
February 5	51	33	0.00
February 6	38	32	0.99
February 7	51	34	0.00
February 8	55	31	0.00
February 9	57	38	0.00
February 10	56	37	0.00
February 11	45	40	0.18
February 12	51	38	0.00
February 13	48	33	0.00
February 14	54	29	0.02
February 15	63	43	0.00
February 16	48	34	0.00
February 17	41	35	0.13
February 18	63	39	0.07
February 19	48	39	0.00
February 20	50	35	0.01
February 21	39	26	0.00
February 22	35	20	0.00
February 23	39	24	0.00
February 24	45	24	0.29
February 25	67	42	0.15
February 26	57	39	0.00
February 27	60	43	0.00
February 28	52	30	0.00
February 29	40	26	0.00

March 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	60	48	0.05	0.0
March 3	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 4	57	40	0.00	0.0
March 5	73	38	0.00	0.0
March 6	59	43	0.01	0.0
March 7	63	44	0.06	0.0
March 8	69	34	0.87	0.0
March 9	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	63	38	0.00	0.0
March 11	66	47	0.17	0.0
March 12	47	36	0.04	0.0
March 13	38	33	0.38	2.0
March 14	53	38	1.19	0.0
March 15	42	37	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	30	0.49	0.3
March 17	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	36	28	0.16	1.5
March 19	36	26	0.02	0.2
March 20	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 21	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	58	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	53	29	0.01	0.0
March 25	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 26	49	38	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	43	35	0.01	0.0
March 29	39	33	0.06	0.0
March 30	49	37	0.01	0.0
March 31	49	38	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	31	0.00
April 2	63	43	0.00
April 3	70	48	0.28
April 4	85	50	0.00
April 5	72	54	0.00
April 6	61	50	0.57
April 7	51	40	0.50
April 8	45	35	0.00
April 9	58	35	0.00
April 10	62	39	0.00
April 11	50	43	0.00
April 12	61	39	0.00
April 13	67	42	0.00
April 14	63	42	0.00
April 15	64	49	0.13
April 16	69	47	0.41
April 17	54	40	0.00
April 18	53	39	0.04
April 19	56	39	0.00
April 20	53	39	0.00
April 21	63	32	0.00
April 22	68	48	0.00
April 23	54	43	0.00
April 24	45	39	0.03
April 25	57	35	0.00
April 26	73	46	0.10
April 27	69	50	0.00
April 28	87	58	0.00
April 29	86	68	0.00
April 30	79	55	0.00

May 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	48	0.00
May 2	54	48	0.19
May 3	68	53	0.04
May 4	80	53	0.00
May 5	68	44	0.00
May 6	88	53	0.00
May 7	75	53	0.03
May 8	61	44	0.00
May 9	70	42	0.00
May 10	75	62	0.00
May 11	70	58	0.00
May 12	82	56	0.00
May 13	93	65	0.00
May 14	93	68	0.00
May 15	73	61	0.00
May 16	72	47	0.00
May 17	57	40	0.16
May 18	68	48	0.00
May 19	83	48	0.11
May 20	68	51	0.00
May 21	78	50	0.00
May 22	82	59	0.00
May 23	77	62	0.14
May 24	63	49	0.00
May 25	65	43	0.00
May 26	74	47	0.00
May 27	67	61	0.52
May 28	80	59	0.00
May 29	72	50	0.00
May 30	86	55	0.98
May 31	90	66	0.00

June 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	64	0.16
June 2	64	54	0.96
June 3	69	52	0.00
June 4	72	54	0.00
June 5	77	55	0.00
June 6	78	62	0.00
June 7	81	59	0.00
June 8	86	59	0.00
June 9	76	64	0.00
June 10	81	63	0.02
June 11	84	65	0.00
June 12	88	63	0.00
June 13	95	66	0.00
June 14	93	73	0.00
June 15	93	72	0.00
June 16	90	72	0.01
June 17	90	74	0.00
June 18	76	63	0.08
June 19	72	59	0.00
June 20	66	58	0.01
June 21	77	64	0.12
June 22	92	68	0.34
June 23	91	71	0.13
June 24	90	68	0.36
June 25	87	66	0.00
June 26	87	68	0.00
June 27	92	73	0.46
June 28	84	66	0.01
June 29	82	60	0.00
June 30	86	65	0.00

July 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	70	0.00
July 2	94	76	0.00
July 3	91	73	0.01
July 4	89	71	1.53
July 5	81	68	0.46
July 6	79	64	0.00
July 7	84	70	0.00
July 8	84	71	0.04
July 9	85	70	0.20
July 10	79	65	0.00
July 11	84	62	0.00
July 12	86	65	0.00
July 13	82	72	0.00
July 14	86	67	0.01
July 15	82	64	0.00
July 16	90	69	0.00
July 17	80	65	0.31
July 18	78	64	0.00
July 19	81	66	0.00
July 20	75	70	0.95
July 21	83	68	0.03
July 22	86	67	1.30
July 23	87	67	0.30
July 24	74	68	0.15
July 25	84	65	0.00
July 26	89	68	0.00
July 27	89	70	0.59
July 28	90	74	0.00
July 29	76	64	0.00
July 30	74	60	0.00
July 31	78	58	0.00

August 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	67	0.03
August 2	77	69	0.17
August 3	79	65	0.00
August 4	74	66	0.00
August 5	81	67	0.18
August 6	75	67	0.13
August 7	75	68	0.01
August 8	84	66	0.00
August 9	89	71	0.00
August 10	89	72	0.00
August 11	87	67	0.00
August 12	89	71	0.00
August 13	88	70	0.00
August 14	83	71	0.02
August 15	87	68	0.00
August 16	91	67	0.00
August 17	91	68	0.00
August 18	93	72	0.00
August 19	91	71	0.29
August 20	74	61	0.98
August 21	68	60	0.13
August 22	76	55	0.00
August 23	78	58	0.00
August 24	77	63	0.00
August 25	77	57	0.00
August 26	80	61	0.00
August 27	84	68	0.00
August 28	89	65	0.00
August 29	88	70	0.00
August 30	89	70	0.00
August 31	93	74	0.00

September 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	73	0.00
September 2	86	73	0.00
September 3	82	71	0.00
September 4	86	69	0.00
September 5	84	71	0.00
September 6	83	70	0.51
September 7	72	60	0.03
September 8	70	54	0.00
September 9	67	52	0.00
September 10	70	47	0.00
September 11	76	56	0.04
September 12	81	59	0.00
September 13	87	63	0.00
September 14	89	66	0.00
September 15	76	63	0.20
September 16	85	63	0.02
September 17	87	61	0.65
September 18	69	55	0.00
September 19	72	53	0.15
September 20	63	47	0.00
September 21	64	41	0.00
September 22	74	53	0.00
September 23	86	56	0.01
September 24	69	57	0.13
September 25	71	51	0.00
September 26	63	52	0.09
September 27	53	47	1.70
September 28	57	51	0.17
September 29	62	54	0.00
September 30	74	58	0.00

October 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	52	0.00
October 2	76	51	0.00
October 3	78	58	0.00
October 4	69	60	0.63
October 5	70	56	0.00
October 6	63	54	0.06
October 7	66	52	0.00
October 8	69	44	0.00
October 9	70	47	0.00
October 10	57	43	0.00
October 11	58	39	0.00
October 12	62	39	0.00
October 13	66	44	0.00
October 14	70	45	0.00
October 15	76	48	0.00
October 16	72	49	0.00
October 17	72	60	0.08
October 18	74	61	0.13
October 19	62	49	0.00
October 20	62	45	0.00
October 21	66	56	0.01
October 22	66	59	0.72
October 23	71	61	0.01
October 24	67	55	0.03
October 25	55	45	0.00
October 26	55	49	0.32
October 27	58	54	0.05
October 28	65	53	0.00
October 29	62	51	0.00
October 30	63	56	0.36
October 31	73	63	0.22

November 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	61	0.70
November 2	66	63	0.15
November 3	63	53	0.00
November 4	61	51	0.00
November 5	66	47	0.00
November 6	66	41	0.00
November 7	68	42	0.00
November 8	63	45	0.03
November 9	48	40	0.00
November 10	45	35	0.00
November 11	58	34	0.00
November 12	71	44	0.00
November 13	49	38	0.00
November 14	70	36	0.00
November 15	72	42	0.00
November 16	66	51	0.08
November 17	51	36	1.46
November 18	49	33	0.01
November 19	50	32	0.00
November 20	51	31	0.00
November 21	66	45	0.38
November 22	47	30	0.00
November 23	35	23	0.00
November 24	31	20	0.00
November 25	35	23	0.00
November 26	37	30	0.00
November 27	43	30	0.00
November 28	44	26	0.00
November 29	49	31	0.00
November 30	38	28	0.00

December 1956 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	68	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	65	34	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	35	0.01	0.0
December 6	63	42	0.00	0.0
December 7	72	45	0.00	0.0
December 8	68	49	0.00	0.0
December 9	56	31	0.05	0.0
December 10	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	51	36	0.01	0.0
December 12	53	44	0.15	0.0
December 13	62	37	0.30	0.0
December 14	42	36	0.54	0.0
December 15	41	37	0.82	0.0
December 16	47	39	0.02	0.0
December 17	51	41	0.00	0.0
December 18	53	35	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 20	58	37	0.05	0.0
December 21	62	45	0.00	0.0
December 22	55	48	0.15	0.0
December 23	52	42	0.78	0.0
December 24	49	42	0.12	0.0
December 25	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	34	0.00	0.0
December 27	49	31	0.02	0.2
December 28	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	57	29	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2023	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location