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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 1942

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1942 1-Month	28.0°F (-2.2°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	-6.7°F (-3.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1989
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
Nov–Dec 1942 2-Month	35.3°F (1.8°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-4.4°F (-2.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1989
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
Oct–Dec 1942 3-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.5°F (-1.3°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2011, 2015
	Ties: 1937
Sep–Dec 1942 4-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
Aug–Dec 1942 5-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1974
Jul–Dec 1942 6-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1976
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2011
	Ties: 1943, 1974, 1980
Jun–Dec 1942 7-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1962, 1976
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 2000
May–Dec 1942 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1962
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1981
Apr–Dec 1942 9-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1967
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1985
Mar–Dec 1942 10-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1967
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1954, 1988, 1996
Feb–Dec 1942 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1967
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1947, 1965, 1969, 1976
Jan–Dec 1942 12-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1964, 1970, 1981, 1986, 2003
Jul 1941–Dec 1942 18-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1940
				46th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1966
Jan 1941–Dec 1942 24-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1940
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2021
	Ties: 1961, 1971, 1973, 2004
Jan 1940–Dec 1942 36-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1940, 1941
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1969, 1978, 1980
Jan 1939–Dec 1942 48-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1942, 1943
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2013
	Ties: 1940, 1943
Jan 1938–Dec 1942 60-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1943
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1978, 1980, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/