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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 1988

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1988 1-Month	28.8°F (-1.8°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	2000
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
	Ties: 1900
Nov–Dec 1988 2-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	35.2°F (1.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1903
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
	Ties: 1973
Oct–Dec 1988 3-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
	Ties: 2008
Sep–Dec 1988 4-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1969
Aug–Dec 1988 5-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1976
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1931
	Ties: 1930
Jul–Dec 1988 6-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1976
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1931
	Ties: 1897, 1923
Jun–Dec 1988 7-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1976
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1931
May–Dec 1988 8-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1908, 1982
Apr–Dec 1988 9-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.7°F (13.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1949, 1973
Mar–Dec 1988 10-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1913, 1918, 1933, 1936, 2006
Feb–Dec 1988 11-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1934, 1956
Jan–Dec 1988 12-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1944, 1971, 1975, 1984
Jul 1987–Dec 1988 18-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1964, 1984, 1995
Jan 1987–Dec 1988 24-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1999
	Ties: 1934, 1953, 1992, 2000
Jan 1986–Dec 1988 36-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1904
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2014, 2016
Jan 1985–Dec 1988 48-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1904
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1987, 2010
Jan 1984–Dec 1988 60-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1955, 1993

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/