Winston-Salem Weather in 1956

Historical record of Winston-Salem, North Carolina weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 13
Lowest temperature	16 °F	November 25
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 14
Lowest daily high	34 °F	November 24
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	September 26
Most daily snow	2.1 inches	January 23
Total annual precipitation	44.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1956 was 97 °F which happened on August 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 13
2	96 °F	Aug 18
2	96 °F	Aug 6
2	96 °F	Jun 25
5	95 °F	Jul 28
5	95 °F	Jul 3
5	95 °F	Jul 2
5	95 °F	Jun 26
5	95 °F	Jun 23
5	95 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1956 was 16 °F which happened on Nov 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	16 °F	November 25
2	17 °F	January 15
3	19 °F	November 28
3	19 °F	November 24
5	21 °F	December 2
5	21 °F	November 23
5	21 °F	February 1
5	21 °F	January 28
5	21 °F	January 25
5	21 °F	January 24
5	21 °F	January 21
5	21 °F	January 9

January 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	52	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	60	26	0.00	0.0
January 4	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	54	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	60	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 10	42	27	0.11	0.0
January 11	49	38	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	35	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	57	17	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	27	0.08	0.4
January 17	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	31	0.30	0.0
January 20	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	22	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	26	0.49	2.1
January 24	36	21	0.04	0.4
January 25	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 26	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	56	38	0.00	0.0
January 30	62	33	0.02	0.0
January 31	46	26	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	41	21	0.05
February 2	42	31	0.42
February 3	50	36	0.83
February 4	37	32	1.03
February 5	66	36	0.00
February 6	53	37	0.78
February 7	56	32	0.00
February 8	59	29	0.00
February 9	52	38	0.01
February 10	63	35	0.00
February 11	52	42	0.49
February 12	51	30	0.00
February 13	53	30	0.02
February 14	62	28	0.00
February 15	65	47	0.08
February 16	54	42	0.04
February 17	48	37	0.40
February 18	70	45	0.08
February 19	62	42	0.07
February 20	54	34	0.26
February 21	49	25	0.00
February 22	41	25	0.00
February 23	46	25	0.00
February 24	47	36	0.17
February 25	64	37	0.45
February 26	55	27	0.00
February 27	52	37	0.14
February 28	52	33	0.00
February 29	51	28	0.00

March 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	60	26	0.00
March 2	60	43	0.13
March 3	59	34	0.11
March 4	60	36	0.00
March 5	70	31	0.00
March 6	77	51	0.00
March 7	78	63	0.00
March 8	69	32	0.30
March 9	58	28	0.00
March 10	66	29	0.00
March 11	68	48	0.02
March 12	55	45	0.00
March 13	46	39	0.03
March 14	68	39	0.10
March 15	50	36	0.56
March 16	47	34	1.15
March 17	48	29	0.00
March 18	56	32	0.00
March 19	43	31	0.00
March 20	46	28	0.00
March 21	53	25	0.00
March 22	62	23	0.00
March 23	66	31	0.00
March 24	54	29	0.03
March 25	54	23	0.00
March 26	66	37	0.00
March 27	72	43	0.00
March 28	55	40	0.00
March 29	43	36	0.11
March 30	57	37	0.00
March 31	63	28	0.00

April 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	31	0.00
April 2	70	44	0.12
April 3	79	50	0.00
April 4	81	60	0.00
April 5	71	55	0.00
April 6	63	50	0.91
April 7	72	35	0.02
April 8	52	34	0.00
April 9	58	30	0.00
April 10	62	33	0.00
April 11	53	39	1.03
April 12	63	39	0.00
April 13	71	38	0.00
April 14	70	36	0.09
April 15	68	46	0.71
April 16	61	39	0.37
April 17	57	34	0.00
April 18	62	30	0.00
April 19	62	36	0.00
April 20	62	36	0.00
April 21	63	27	0.00
April 22	71	42	0.00
April 23	64	43	0.00
April 24	63	41	0.00
April 25	63	39	0.00
April 26	79	46	0.00
April 27	82	53	0.00
April 28	82	65	0.00
April 29	82	65	0.00
April 30	83	63	0.44

May 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	52	0.14
May 2	61	52	0.27
May 3	74	57	3.04
May 4	83	63	0.04
May 5	72	53	0.00
May 6	80	61	0.00
May 7	80	56	0.21
May 8	63	46	0.00
May 9	70	35	0.00
May 10	79	53	0.00
May 11	85	55	0.00
May 12	87	60	0.00
May 13	91	61	0.00
May 14	93	61	0.00
May 15	85	61	0.05
May 16	74	51	0.00
May 17	74	38	0.00
May 18	76	51	0.00
May 19	84	44	0.00
May 20	75	59	0.00
May 21	82	56	0.00
May 22	87	62	0.00
May 23	91	62	0.03
May 24	70	50	0.00
May 25	70	43	0.00
May 26	75	46	0.00
May 27	81	61	0.00
May 28	85	62	0.40
May 29	73	59	0.00
May 30	83	65	0.00
May 31	90	65	0.00

June 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	60	0.19
June 2	64	48	1.34
June 3	69	48	0.00
June 4	74	46	0.00
June 5	80	53	0.00
June 6	81	55	0.00
June 7	82	58	0.00
June 8	86	57	0.00
June 9	86	60	0.00
June 10	89	60	0.00
June 11	90	63	0.00
June 12	91	67	0.00
June 13	92	65	0.00
June 14	90	65	0.00
June 15	89	64	0.00
June 16	92	65	0.00
June 17	92	67	0.00
June 18	92	67	0.00
June 19	72	60	0.00
June 20	66	59	0.00
June 21	84	63	0.00
June 22	95	66	0.00
June 23	95	68	0.06
June 24	94	68	0.00
June 25	96	69	0.00
June 26	95	67	0.78
June 27	90	67	0.29
June 28	92	59	0.00
June 29	89	68	0.00
June 30	90	66	0.00

July 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	67	0.00
July 2	95	68	0.00
July 3	95	69	0.05
July 4	89	68	0.21
July 5	91	69	0.02
July 6	90	71	0.98
July 7	85	70	0.00
July 8	88	72	0.00
July 9	86	65	1.15
July 10	82	65	0.00
July 11	84	58	0.00
July 12	87	58	0.00
July 13	83	67	0.00
July 14	87	68	0.12
July 15	88	61	0.00
July 16	87	67	0.00
July 17	88	69	0.00
July 18	85	63	0.00
July 19	78	65	0.07
July 20	86	68	0.25
July 21	91	65	0.00
July 22	92	68	0.00
July 23	92	68	0.01
July 24	90	66	1.04
July 25	87	66	0.17
July 26	90	65	0.00
July 27	86	69	0.00
July 28	95	69	0.00
July 29	91	61	0.64
July 30	81	61	0.00
July 31	80	61	0.00

August 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	68	0.00
August 2	90	70	0.85
August 3	79	68	0.13
August 4	81	64	0.00
August 5	93	67	0.00
August 6	96	69	0.00
August 7	88	65	0.00
August 8	88	65	0.00
August 9	92	61	0.00
August 10	94	70	0.03
August 11	92	67	0.00
August 12	93	68	0.00
August 13	97	68	0.00
August 14	94	72	0.00
August 15	90	69	0.00
August 16	90	66	0.00
August 17	93	64	0.00
August 18	96	68	0.56
August 19	86	69	0.30
August 20	85	68	1.51
August 21	70	61	0.63
August 22	75	59	0.00
August 23	80	56	0.00
August 24	87	60	0.00
August 25	79	64	0.00
August 26	85	66	0.00
August 27	89	66	0.00
August 28	86	68	0.69
August 29	88	66	0.06
August 30	92	65	0.00
August 31	92	67	0.00

September 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	69	0.09
September 2	88	68	0.10
September 3	81	69	0.00
September 4	83	69	0.11
September 5	83	67	0.15
September 6	86	68	0.00
September 7	76	65	0.04
September 8	74	54	0.00
September 9	71	49	0.00
September 10	72	44	0.00
September 11	79	47	0.00
September 12	86	58	0.00
September 13	90	59	0.00
September 14	93	61	0.00
September 15	92	62	0.00
September 16	93	59	0.00
September 17	90	61	0.03
September 18	77	55	0.00
September 19	78	49	0.81
September 20	76	50	0.00
September 21	71	43	0.00
September 22	82	47	0.00
September 23	88	62	0.00
September 24	71	57	1.33
September 25	65	53	0.31
September 26	53	49	3.71
September 27	53	47	0.50
September 28	62	50	0.01
September 29	65	56	0.00
September 30	80	55	0.00

October 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	58	0.00
October 2	85	63	0.00
October 3	79	62	0.00
October 4	75	65	0.00
October 5	76	62	0.00
October 6	63	59	0.05
October 7	72	48	0.00
October 8	71	40	0.00
October 9	79	41	0.00
October 10	65	44	0.00
October 11	62	38	0.00
October 12	63	36	0.00
October 13	67	41	0.00
October 14	73	41	0.00
October 15	76	44	0.00
October 16	73	50	0.00
October 17	62	58	0.06
October 18	77	60	0.01
October 19	62	54	0.34
October 20	57	51	0.10
October 21	62	55	0.94
October 22	74	55	0.33
October 23	75	52	0.00
October 24	73	58	0.00
October 25	64	49	0.00
October 26	54	46	0.23
October 27	63	52	0.26
October 28	67	55	0.00
October 29	56	52	0.02
October 30	62	56	0.49
October 31	69	58	0.06

November 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	76	59	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	56	0.00	0.0
November 3	72	57	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	47	0.00	0.0
November 5	70	46	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	69	40	0.00	0.0
November 8	60	40	0.26	0.0
November 9	49	35	0.15	0.0
November 10	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	68	45	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	31	0.00	0.0
November 14	67	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	70	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	68	48	0.08	0.0
November 17	48	38	1.22	0.0
November 18	55	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 21	68	44	0.20	0.0
November 22	46	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 24	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 26	48	27	0.02	0.2
November 27	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 28	48	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	45	27	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	22	0.00
December 2	54	21	0.00
December 3	71	34	0.00
December 4	72	37	0.00
December 5	69	39	0.00
December 6	74	43	0.00
December 7	77	52	0.00
December 8	74	48	0.00
December 9	73	38	0.00
December 10	54	27	0.00
December 11	52	27	0.00
December 12	59	46	0.07
December 13	64	50	0.02
December 14	61	42	0.46
December 15	48	43	0.37
December 16	61	44	0.00
December 17	67	45	0.00
December 18	60	37	0.00
December 19	54	31	0.00
December 20	57	42	0.00
December 21	65	52	0.00
December 22	62	54	1.32
December 23	64	57	0.77
December 24	60	41	0.13
December 25	44	30	0.00
December 26	44	24	0.00
December 27	54	27	0.00
December 28	60	30	0.00
December 29	47	25	0.00
December 30	45	22	0.00
December 31	63	35	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location