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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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Wichita Falls, Texas

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1981

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1981 1-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	42.5°F (5.8°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1983
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021
	Ties: 1954
Nov–Dec 1981 2-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	2000
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1982, 1996
Oct–Dec 1981 3-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1938, 1947, 1979
Sep–Dec 1981 4-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1932, 1976
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021
	Ties: 1960, 2020
Aug–Dec 1981 5-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1932
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021
	Ties: 2013
Jul–Dec 1981 6-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1998
	Ties: 1946, 2008, 2018
Jun–Dec 1981 7-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011
	Ties: 1938, 1943, 1962, 1973, 1984
May–Dec 1981 8-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	69.1°F (20.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011
	Ties: 1936, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1982, 2004
Apr–Dec 1981 9-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1935, 1976
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011
	Ties: 1948
Mar–Dec 1981 10-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1932
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011
	Ties: 1938, 1964, 1986, 1994
Feb–Dec 1981 11-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1929
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011
	Ties: 1971
Jan–Dec 1981 12-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1924
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2011, 2012
	Ties: 1991, 1996
Jul 1980–Dec 1981 18-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1929
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2004
Jan 1980–Dec 1981 24-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1930
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 2004, 2008
Jan 1979–Dec 1981 36-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1926, 1930, 1942
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1963, 1997
Jan 1978–Dec 1981 48-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1932, 1950
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2001, 2012, 2013
	Ties: 1941, 1975, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1995
Jan 1977–Dec 1981 60-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1932
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/