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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

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City: Charleston Columbia Greenville

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Greenville, South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1955

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1955 1-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1958
Nov–Dec 1955 2-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1901
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1969, 1992
Oct–Dec 1955 3-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931
	Ties: 1898, 1925, 1993
Sep–Dec 1955 4-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931
	Ties: 1944, 1952
Aug–Dec 1955 5-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931
	Ties: 1905, 1949, 1957, 1994, 2013
Jul–Dec 1955 6-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931
	Ties: 1898, 1960
Jun–Dec 1955 7-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	65.6°F (18.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1976
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931
	Ties: 1912, 1920, 1969
May–Dec 1955 8-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1976
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1960
Apr–Dec 1955 9-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1976
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1932, 1958, 2014
Mar–Dec 1955 10-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1976
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1959
Feb–Dec 1955 11-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1901, 1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2016
	Ties: 1900, 1942, 1959, 2000
Jan–Dec 1955 12-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1901, 1983
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2016
	Ties: 1923, 1934, 1944, 1974, 2005
Jul 1954–Dec 1955 18-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1904
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1898, 1919
Jan 1954–Dec 1955 24-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1902
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1942, 1950, 1957, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2013
Jan 1953–Dec 1955 36-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1903
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1932, 1953, 2007, 2008, 2013
Jan 1952–Dec 1955 48-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1904
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2019
	Ties: 1954, 2001
Jan 1951–Dec 1955 60-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1905, 1983
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019
	Ties: 1956, 1957

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/