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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1986

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1986 1-Month	31.4°F (-0.3°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	2000
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
Nov–Dec 1986 2-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	35.2°F (1.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1903
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1934, 1967, 1997, 2002, 2017
Oct–Dec 1986 3-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1915, 1961
Sep–Dec 1986 4-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1933, 1940, 1949, 1991
Aug–Dec 1986 5-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931
	Ties: 1952
Jul–Dec 1986 6-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931
	Ties: 1919, 1952, 1966
Jun–Dec 1986 7-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931
	Ties: 1964, 1978
May–Dec 1986 8-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1980, 2003
Apr–Dec 1986 9-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	56.7°F (13.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1912, 1944, 1948, 1963, 2003, 2013
Mar–Dec 1986 10-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1985
Feb–Dec 1986 11-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1952, 1964
Jan–Dec 1986 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1919
Jul 1985–Dec 1986 18-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
Jan 1985–Dec 1986 24-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1999
	Ties: 1995
Jan 1984–Dec 1986 36-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1974, 1984
Jan 1983–Dec 1986 48-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
Jan 1982–Dec 1986 60-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1958, 1975, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/