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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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St. Paul, Minnesota

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1970

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1970 1-Month	18.8°F (-7.3°C)	20.1°F (-6.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1983
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month	26.1°F (-3.3°C)	27.1°F (-2.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1985
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2001
	Ties: 1964
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	34.5°F (1.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1985
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1967, 1980
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1985
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1967
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1985
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1985
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2011
	Ties: 1974, 1979, 1990
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1985
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 1940
May–Dec 1970 8-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1945
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2021
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1945
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2021
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1951
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2021
	Ties: 1952, 1954, 2009
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1950, 1951
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1956
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1950
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1951
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1971, 1975
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1951
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1968, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2009
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1952
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1976, 1977, 1984, 1995
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1952
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2018
	Ties: 1982
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1951
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2002
	Ties: 1980, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/