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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 1998

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1998 1-Month	34.0°F (1.1°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	5.1°F (2.8°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1989
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2015
Nov–Dec 1998 2-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2015
	Ties: 1982, 2020
Oct–Dec 1998 3-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2015
	Ties: 1982, 2011, 2021
Sep–Dec 1998 4-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	3.7°F (2.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
Aug–Dec 1998 5-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 2021
Jul–Dec 1998 6-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Jun–Dec 1998 7-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1989
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1971, 2015
May–Dec 1998 8-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976, 1989
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1998
Apr–Dec 1998 9-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1989
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1998
Mar–Dec 1998 10-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1989
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Feb–Dec 1998 11-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1989
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–Dec 1998 12-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	3.5°F (2.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jul 1997–Dec 1998 18-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978, 2014
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2017
Jan 1997–Dec 1998 24-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1979
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	1999
Jan 1996–Dec 1998 36-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1980
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2012
	Ties: 1975, 1991
Jan 1995–Dec 1998 48-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1981
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2001
	Ties: 1988, 1991, 2005, 2016
Jan 1994–Dec 1998 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1980, 1982
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2002
	Ties: 1994

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/