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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1989

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1989 1-Month	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	-13.2°F (-7.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1989
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Nov–Dec 1989 2-Month	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-8.3°F (-4.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1989
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Oct–Dec 1989 3-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-5.4°F (-3.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Sep–Dec 1989 4-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Aug–Dec 1989 5-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-4.0°F (-2.3°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
Jul–Dec 1989 6-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
Jun–Dec 1989 7-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
May–Dec 1989 8-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-2.9°F (-1.7°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
Apr–Dec 1989 9-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
Mar–Dec 1989 10-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1925, 1976
Feb–Dec 1989 11-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-3.0°F (-1.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1914
Jan–Dec 1989 12-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1895, 1920, 1929
Jul 1988–Dec 1989 18-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1926
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1923
Jan 1988–Dec 1989 24-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1918
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1897, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1976, 1981
Jan 1987–Dec 1989 36-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012, 2021
	Ties: 1898, 1947, 1956
Jan 1986–Dec 1989 48-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1948, 1957
Jan 1985–Dec 1989 60-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1918
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/