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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: Blue Hill Boston Worcester

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Boston, Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1940

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1940 1-Month	33.7°F (0.9°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1989
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2015
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1989
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1985
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011, 2015
	Ties: 1944
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1976
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
	Ties: 1937, 1972
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
	Ties: 1980
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1962, 1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
May–Dec 1940 8-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1962
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1974, 1976
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1967
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1967
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1967
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1967
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1967
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1941
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1941
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1942, 1943
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2013
	Ties: 1942, 1943
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1943
				81st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021

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/