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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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Raleigh, North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, December 2004

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2004 1-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1963
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
Nov–Dec 2004 2-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1976
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2015
	Ties: 1985
Oct–Dec 2004 3-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 2006, 2016
Sep–Dec 2004 4-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
Aug–Dec 2004 5-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2007
	Ties: 1973, 1991, 2003
Jul–Dec 2004 6-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2007
Jun–Dec 2004 7-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2015
	Ties: 2002
May–Dec 2004 8-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1967
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2015
Apr–Dec 2004 9-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1967
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2015
	Ties: 2005
Mar–Dec 2004 10-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1967
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2015
	Ties: 2017
Feb–Dec 2004 11-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	62.2°F (16.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1967
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2011
	Ties: 2001
Jan–Dec 2004 12-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1958
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1990
	Ties: 2008
Jul 2003–Dec 2004 18-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1963
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
Jan 2003–Dec 2004 24-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1967
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1991, 2020
	Ties: 2000, 2001, 2015
Jan 2002–Dec 2004 36-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2021
	Ties: 2001, 2002, 2005
Jan 2001–Dec 2004 48-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1969
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1992, 2002, 2005
Jan 2000–Dec 2004 60-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1970
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/