Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1956

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	5 °F	December 30
Highest daily low	67 °F	June 16
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	December 14
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	March 16
Total annual precipitation	31.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	48.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1956 was 92 °F which happened on June 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jun 14
2	91 °F	Jun 13
3	90 °F	Jun 15
4	89 °F	Jul 1
5	88 °F	Aug 18
5	88 °F	Jun 12
7	87 °F	Aug 17
7	87 °F	Jul 2
7	87 °F	Jun 23
7	87 °F	Jun 16

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1956 was 5 °F which happened on Dec 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	December 30
2	6 °F	March 18
3	8 °F	February 22
3	8 °F	January 2
5	9 °F	March 1
5	9 °F	February 21
5	9 °F	January 8
8	10 °F	January 7
8	10 °F	January 1
10	11 °F	March 21
10	11 °F	March 20
10	11 °F	March 17
10	11 °F	February 24
10	11 °F	February 4
10	11 °F	January 26
10	11 °F	January 9

January 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	26	10	0.00	0.1
January 2	28	8	0.00	0.1
January 3	36	28	0.01	0.1
January 4	37	32	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 8	14	9	0.00	0.0
January 9	37	11	0.19	0.4
January 10	44	36	0.07	0.0
January 11	40	35	0.08	0.0
January 12	36	30	0.12	0.2
January 13	30	25	0.06	0.2
January 14	26	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	27	21	0.00	0.1
January 18	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	17	0.04	0.5
January 20	26	18	0.08	0.7
January 21	28	15	0.01	0.0
January 22	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	15	0.07	2.2
January 24	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 26	23	11	0.00	0.1
January 27	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	43	29	0.27	0.0
January 31	31	21	0.01	0.0

February 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	25	0.30	2.3
February 3	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	11	0.10	0.2
February 5	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	19	0.57	0.0
February 7	40	32	0.20	0.4
February 8	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	33	0.02	0.0
February 11	39	32	0.22	0.0
February 12	40	34	0.13	0.0
February 13	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	24	0.25	0.0
February 16	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	30	21	0.06	0.8
February 18	40	30	0.62	0.0
February 19	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	24	0.07	0.0
February 21	26	9	0.01	0.1
February 22	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	30	14	0.02	0.2
February 24	35	11	0.04	0.4
February 25	53	34	0.53	0.0
February 26	40	25	0.01	0.0
February 27	45	33	0.02	0.0
February 28	34	15	0.47	4.2
February 29	32	15	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	9	0.00	0.0
March 2	49	36	0.02	0.0
March 3	44	30	0.02	0.0
March 4	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 5	55	28	0.08	0.0
March 6	42	35	0.09	0.0
March 7	51	34	0.08	0.0
March 8	42	24	0.46	0.0
March 9	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	51	34	0.03	0.0
March 12	37	29	0.04	0.4
March 13	38	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	30	0.53	3.4
March 15	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	24	18	0.57	5.4
March 17	25	11	0.03	0.4
March 18	28	6	0.04	0.6
March 19	24	18	0.22	2.8
March 20	35	11	0.00	0.0
March 21	39	11	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	13	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	31	0.10	0.0
March 24	40	18	0.06	0.7
March 25	29	13	0.01	0.1
March 26	44	28	0.01	0.1
March 27	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	44	18	0.00	0.0
March 29	35	28	0.09	0.6
March 30	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	40	29	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 3	66	40	0.00	0.0
April 4	74	48	0.00	0.0
April 5	66	42	0.00	0.0
April 6	65	35	0.04	0.0
April 7	46	31	0.53	4.7
April 8	34	28	0.33	3.7
April 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 10	49	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 13	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	56	43	0.03	0.0
April 16	60	40	0.18	0.0
April 17	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 19	45	32	0.01	0.1
April 20	45	28	0.03	0.5
April 21	54	27	0.16	0.0
April 22	53	37	0.03	0.0
April 23	45	32	0.53	3.0
April 24	45	31	0.00	0.0
April 25	54	27	0.00	0.0
April 26	48	37	0.11	0.0
April 27	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	84	51	0.43	0.0
April 29	81	55	0.75	0.0
April 30	64	40	0.00	0.0

May 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	35	0.00
May 2	59	43	0.38
May 3	68	45	0.00
May 4	71	37	0.03
May 5	61	32	0.00
May 6	68	50	0.71
May 7	55	38	0.00
May 8	53	30	0.00
May 9	62	35	0.00
May 10	63	45	0.01
May 11	62	39	0.00
May 12	81	49	0.05
May 13	82	61	0.11
May 14	85	54	0.00
May 15	67	49	0.02
May 16	62	36	0.07
May 17	53	30	0.00
May 18	52	40	0.22
May 19	72	41	0.01
May 20	61	37	0.00
May 21	73	47	0.00
May 22	83	58	0.00
May 23	67	40	0.07
May 24	53	34	0.00
May 25	61	30	0.00
May 26	70	45	0.00
May 27	65	50	0.27
May 28	58	43	0.00
May 29	73	37	0.00
May 30	76	54	0.00
May 31	85	64	0.30

June 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	53	0.61
June 2	55	49	1.05
June 3	71	54	0.12
June 4	69	52	0.00
June 5	71	53	0.00
June 6	76	47	0.00
June 7	81	50	0.00
June 8	84	53	0.00
June 9	67	58	0.06
June 10	78	58	0.18
June 11	77	53	0.00
June 12	88	51	0.04
June 13	91	66	0.00
June 14	92	63	0.00
June 15	90	62	0.00
June 16	87	67	0.00
June 17	81	66	0.01
June 18	75	52	0.00
June 19	75	45	0.00
June 20	70	49	0.00
June 21	73	58	0.86
June 22	86	66	0.00
June 23	87	62	1.07
June 24	84	65	0.01
June 25	77	57	0.00
June 26	80	51	0.00
June 27	84	64	0.67
June 28	78	54	0.00
June 29	71	50	0.00
June 30	84	50	0.00

July 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	65	0.15
July 2	87	65	0.01
July 3	83	62	0.00
July 4	69	60	0.23
July 5	63	55	0.62
July 6	65	54	0.15
July 7	78	59	0.00
July 8	82	60	0.00
July 9	82	65	0.10
July 10	73	60	0.00
July 11	78	56	0.42
July 12	76	56	0.00
July 13	76	63	0.28
July 14	75	59	0.12
July 15	79	56	0.00
July 16	78	61	0.00
July 17	75	56	0.00
July 18	77	49	0.00
July 19	76	53	0.06
July 20	71	59	0.31
July 21	67	59	0.19
July 22	81	58	0.00
July 23	81	65	0.13
July 24	76	62	0.09
July 25	80	60	0.00
July 26	80	60	0.10
July 27	84	64	0.21
July 28	80	60	0.01
July 29	72	52	0.00
July 30	71	47	0.00
July 31	75	47	0.00

August 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	60	0.00
August 2	75	53	0.00
August 3	76	47	0.00
August 4	80	49	0.00
August 5	70	62	0.03
August 6	67	63	0.37
August 7	80	61	0.03
August 8	81	61	0.00
August 9	85	60	0.11
August 10	83	65	0.08
August 11	82	61	0.00
August 12	80	61	0.01
August 13	74	58	0.16
August 14	82	62	0.00
August 15	82	56	0.00
August 16	84	57	0.00
August 17	87	61	0.00
August 18	88	63	0.10
August 19	80	59	0.00
August 20	65	55	0.02
August 21	72	51	0.26
August 22	73	44	0.00
August 23	74	56	0.00
August 24	71	52	0.02
August 25	73	46	0.00
August 26	76	47	0.00
August 27	76	59	0.00
August 28	86	61	0.28
August 29	83	61	0.05
August 30	79	63	0.29
August 31	84	66	1.22

September 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	63	0.00
September 2	79	61	0.03
September 3	78	53	0.00
September 4	81	59	0.00
September 5	84	61	0.00
September 6	73	62	0.81
September 7	66	46	0.00
September 8	64	42	0.00
September 9	61	39	0.00
September 10	64	34	0.00
September 11	64	49	0.00
September 12	74	53	0.00
September 13	80	52	0.00
September 14	79	56	0.03
September 15	57	48	0.20
September 16	69	52	0.15
September 17	71	51	0.28
September 18	59	41	0.00
September 19	65	37	0.22
September 20	56	35	0.35
September 21	58	32	0.00
September 22	66	44	0.00
September 23	80	52	0.10
September 24	66	47	0.21
September 25	59	40	0.00
September 26	61	37	0.00
September 27	52	43	0.01
September 28	57	44	0.15
September 29	67	50	0.00
September 30	67	50	0.00

October 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	41	0.00
October 2	67	39	0.00
October 3	66	46	0.00
October 4	60	48	0.11
October 5	58	38	0.00
October 6	60	35	0.03
October 7	60	44	0.08
October 8	65	40	0.00
October 9	57	40	0.00
October 10	51	30	0.00
October 11	52	26	0.00
October 12	57	34	0.00
October 13	64	36	0.00
October 14	74	40	0.00
October 15	80	46	0.00
October 16	79	46	0.00
October 17	79	47	0.00
October 18	69	42	0.00
October 19	60	32	0.00
October 20	61	35	0.00
October 21	65	47	0.00
October 22	61	48	0.50
October 23	70	58	0.53
October 24	61	37	0.00
October 25	56	32	0.00
October 26	53	36	0.00
October 27	51	44	0.10
October 28	62	43	0.00
October 29	63	39	0.00
October 30	68	46	0.00
October 31	67	58	0.00

November 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	76	61	0.09	0.0
November 2	68	54	0.35	0.0
November 3	60	47	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	58	43	0.00	0.0
November 8	58	38	0.03	0.0
November 9	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	18	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 13	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	71	39	0.00	0.0
November 16	62	37	0.04	0.0
November 17	41	27	0.10	1.0
November 18	37	24	0.15	1.5
November 19	42	19	0.00	0.0
November 20	46	29	0.01	0.0
November 21	60	38	0.48	0.0
November 22	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	27	16	0.00	0.0
November 24	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	13	0.00	0.1
November 26	37	31	0.05	0.0
November 27	34	29	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	23	0.01	0.1
November 30	33	16	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	29	0.02	0.4
December 3	50	29	0.02	0.4
December 4	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	59	44	0.00	0.0
December 7	60	43	0.00	0.0
December 8	58	31	0.35	0.0
December 9	34	16	0.38	1.9
December 10	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	25	0.03	0.0
December 12	49	37	0.08	0.0
December 13	53	29	0.05	0.0
December 14	36	29	1.26	0.4
December 15	40	33	0.01	0.0
December 16	46	33	0.03	0.0
December 17	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	15	0.03	0.0
December 19	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	31	0.03	0.0
December 21	45	35	0.27	0.0
December 22	49	38	0.20	0.0
December 23	40	35	0.00	0.0
December 24	44	35	0.22	0.0
December 25	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	22	0.08	0.7
December 28	36	27	0.15	1.2
December 29	33	16	0.01	0.1
December 30	18	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	12	0.02	0.5

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Wilkes-Barre International Airport	location
1893–1948	Wilkes-Barre	location