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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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Houston, Texas

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	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1989
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1931
Nov–Dec 1955 2-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
Oct–Dec 1955 3-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
Sep–Dec 1955 4-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	68.0°F (20.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
Aug–Dec 1955 5-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1993
Jul–Dec 1955 6-Month	72.5°F (22.5°C)	73.4°F (23.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1947, 1963, 1980
Jun–Dec 1955 7-Month	73.6°F (23.1°C)	74.7°F (23.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
May–Dec 1955 8-Month	74.1°F (23.4°C)	75.0°F (23.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1934, 1947, 1950
Apr–Dec 1955 9-Month	73.8°F (23.2°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1976
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1951, 1962, 1973
Mar–Dec 1955 10-Month	72.8°F (22.7°C)	73.3°F (22.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1932, 1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1953, 1954, 1971, 1974, 1988
Feb–Dec 1955 11-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	71.9°F (22.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1936, 1940, 1983
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
Jan–Dec 1955 12-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1940
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1984
Jul 1954–Dec 1955 18-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	71.5°F (21.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1940
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1982, 1985, 2001
Jan 1954–Dec 1955 24-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1941, 1979
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1934, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1987, 1994
Jan 1953–Dec 1955 36-Month	70.0°F (21.1°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1941, 1980
				32nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 1957, 1987
Jan 1952–Dec 1955 48-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1979
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2020
	Ties: 1951, 1972
Jan 1951–Dec 1955 60-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979, 1980
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1953, 1973

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/