Climate at a Glance

• Global
• National
• Regional
• Statewide
• Divisional
• County
• City

• Mapping
• Time Series
• Rankings
• Haywood Plots
• Data Information
• Background

City Rankings

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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

City: Blue Hill Boston Worcester

---

« November 1960

January 1961 »

Worcester, Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1960

View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860

Download:

• Record Coolest
• Bottom 1/10
• Bottom 1/3
• Normal
• Top 1/3
• Top 1/10
• Record Warmest

Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1960 1-Month	24.4°F (-4.2°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	-6.3°F (-3.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1989
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Nov–Dec 1960 2-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1989
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1985
Oct–Dec 1960 3-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1976
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1970
Sep–Dec 1960 4-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1976
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Aug–Dec 1960 5-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1976
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1986, 1992
Jul–Dec 1960 6-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1976
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1986
Jun–Dec 1960 7-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958, 1976
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
May–Dec 1960 8-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Apr–Dec 1960 9-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958, 1972
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1956
Mar–Dec 1960 10-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1972
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1989
Feb–Dec 1960 11-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958, 1972
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Jan–Dec 1960 12-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1968, 1980
Jul 1959–Dec 1960 18-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1963, 1977
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1969, 1997, 2009
Jan 1959–Dec 1960 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1963
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1999, 2012
	Ties: 1951, 1997
Jan 1958–Dec 1960 36-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1972
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1970
Jan 1957–Dec 1960 48-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1963, 1965
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2013
	Ties: 1958, 1973
Jan 1956–Dec 1960 60-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1962, 1966, 1972
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2002, 2012
	Ties: 1974

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/