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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 1979

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1979 1-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1989
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2015
	Ties: 1959
Nov–Dec 1979 2-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1989
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2015
Oct–Dec 1979 3-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2011, 2015
	Ties: 1938
Sep–Dec 1979 4-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1950
Aug–Dec 1979 5-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1950, 1952, 1996
Jul–Dec 1979 6-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2011
	Ties: 1938, 1966
Jun–Dec 1979 7-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1962, 1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2021
	Ties: 1938, 1988, 1993, 2004
May–Dec 1979 8-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1962
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1975, 1993, 2004
Apr–Dec 1979 9-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940, 1967
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2021
	Ties: 1993
Mar–Dec 1979 10-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940, 1967
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2021
	Ties: 1941, 1971, 2004, 2008
Feb–Dec 1979 11-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1967
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
Jan–Dec 1979 12-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2021
	Ties: 1937, 1941, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1988, 1993
Jul 1978–Dec 1979 18-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1964, 1975
Jan 1978–Dec 1979 24-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1967, 1981
Jan 1977–Dec 1979 36-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940, 1941
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jan 1976–Dec 1979 48-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940, 1942, 1943
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1964, 1967, 1969, 1978
Jan 1975–Dec 1979 60-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1943
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1966, 1967, 1971

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/