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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 1973

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1973 1-Month	17.8°F (-7.9°C)	20.1°F (-6.6°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1983
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 1981
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month	26.6°F (-3.0°C)	27.1°F (-2.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2001
	Ties: 2017
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	34.4°F (1.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
	Ties: 1944, 2003, 2012
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 1940
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2015
	Ties: 1938, 1960, 2004, 2012
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2011
	Ties: 1987
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
May–Dec 1973 8-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1945
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 2003, 2017
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1945
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2021
	Ties: 1944, 1956
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 2020
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1950, 1951
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1950
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
	Ties: 1941, 2007
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2012
	Ties: 1963, 1974
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1968, 1970, 1993, 1994, 2009
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1952
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1945, 1950, 1969, 1971
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1952
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1969, 1981
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2002
	Ties: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1996, 1997

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/