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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

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

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1981

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1981 1-Month	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1989
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Nov–Dec 1981 2-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	34.4°F (1.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1997
Oct–Dec 1981 3-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Sep–Dec 1981 4-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Aug–Dec 1981 5-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1977, 1986, 1997
Jul–Dec 1981 6-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Jun–Dec 1981 7-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1989
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1996, 2004, 2014
May–Dec 1981 8-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1976, 1989
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1998
	Ties: 2009
Apr–Dec 1981 9-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1989
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1998
	Ties: 1978
Mar–Dec 1981 10-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1989
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2012
	Ties: 1983
Feb–Dec 1981 11-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1989
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1968, 1986
Jan–Dec 1981 12-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1994
Jul 1980–Dec 1981 18-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978, 2014
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1967, 2009
Jan 1980–Dec 1981 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1999
	Ties: 1968, 1969, 1996, 2015
Jan 1979–Dec 1981 36-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jan 1978–Dec 1981 48-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1981
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2001
Jan 1977–Dec 1981 60-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980, 1982
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2002
	Ties: 1969

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/