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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 1953

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1953 1-Month	22.9°F (-5.1°C)	18.2°F (-7.7°C)	4.7°F (2.6°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1983
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
Nov–Dec 1953 2-Month	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	5.7°F (3.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1955
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1999
	Ties: 2001
Oct–Dec 1953 3-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	6.2°F (3.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1999
Sep–Dec 1953 4-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	4.6°F (2.6°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Aug–Dec 1953 5-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1985
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1998
Jul–Dec 1953 6-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
Jun–Dec 1953 7-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 2001
May–Dec 1953 8-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				16th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988, 2021
Apr–Dec 1953 9-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1951
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1988
	Ties: 1969, 1974, 1976
Mar–Dec 1953 10-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1988
	Ties: 1973
Feb–Dec 1953 11-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				27th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1987
	Ties: 1973
Jan–Dec 1953 12-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1950
				24th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1987
	Ties: 1997
Jul 1952–Dec 1953 18-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				23rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1961, 1983
Jan 1952–Dec 1953 24-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				29th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988
	Ties: 2018
Jan 1951–Dec 1953 36-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1951
				65th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1988
	Ties: 1966
Jan 1950–Dec 1953 48-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-3.5°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1952
				65th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1990
Jan 1949–Dec 1953 60-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1953
				64th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1991

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/