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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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City: Dodge City Goodland Topeka Wichita

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Topeka, Kansas

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1978

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1978 1-Month	30.4°F (-0.9°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1983
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
Nov–Dec 1978 2-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	38.4°F (3.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	2000
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1986
Oct–Dec 1978 3-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 2018
Sep–Dec 1978 4-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1962, 1973, 1982
Aug–Dec 1978 5-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1985
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1977, 1982
Jul–Dec 1978 6-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1954
	Ties: 2013
Jun–Dec 1978 7-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1954
	Ties: 1995, 2000
May–Dec 1978 8-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1961, 1976
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1998
	Ties: 1983
Apr–Dec 1978 9-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1961
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1954, 2012
	Ties: 1960
Mar–Dec 1978 10-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1951, 1961
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1979, 1995, 1997
Feb–Dec 1978 11-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1951
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1993
Jan–Dec 1978 12-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1979
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jul 1977–Dec 1978 18-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1951
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jan 1977–Dec 1978 24-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1979
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1952, 1973, 1996
Jan 1976–Dec 1978 36-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1961, 1962, 1980
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1971, 1972
Jan 1975–Dec 1978 48-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1961
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2001, 2018
	Ties: 1950
Jan 1974–Dec 1978 60-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1961, 1962
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2002
	Ties: 1968, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1997

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/