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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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Dickinson, North Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1952

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1952 1-Month	23.0°F (-5.0°C)	18.2°F (-7.7°C)	4.8°F (2.7°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1983
				21st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
Nov–Dec 1952 2-Month	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1955
				28th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1999
Oct–Dec 1952 3-Month	31.7°F (-0.2°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				29th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1999
	Ties: 1988, 2003, 2014
Sep–Dec 1952 4-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				20th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 2005
Aug–Dec 1952 5-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1985
				19th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1981, 2006
Jul–Dec 1952 6-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				31st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
Jun–Dec 1952 7-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				24th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
May–Dec 1952 8-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				19th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988, 2021
	Ties: 2017
Apr–Dec 1952 9-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988
	Ties: 2020
Mar–Dec 1952 10-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1988
Feb–Dec 1952 11-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				34th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1987
Jan–Dec 1952 12-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1950
				45th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1987
	Ties: 1956, 1989
Jul 1951–Dec 1952 18-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan 1951–Dec 1952 24-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-3.9°F (-2.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				68th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988
Jan 1950–Dec 1952 36-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-4.8°F (-2.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				67th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988
Jan 1949–Dec 1952 48-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-4.2°F (-2.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1952
				66th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1990
Jan 1948–Dec 1952 60-Month	--	0.0°F (-17.8°C)	--	--	--	1953
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Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/