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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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City: Des Moines Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo

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Dubuque, Iowa

Average Temperature Rankings, November 1978

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
November 1978 1-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1959
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2001
	Ties: 1979
Oct–Nov 1978 2-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1959, 1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1963
Sep–Nov 1978 3-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1975
Aug–Nov 1978 4-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1956, 1975, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2017
Jul–Nov 1978 5-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1951, 1992
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1970, 1971, 2008, 2017
Jun–Nov 1978 6-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1951
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 2002
May–Nov 1978 7-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1951
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 2004
Apr–Nov 1978 8-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1951
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2016
	Ties: 1956, 1975, 1986, 2008
Mar–Nov 1978 9-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1951
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012, 2016
Feb–Nov 1978 10-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012, 2016
Jan–Nov 1978 11-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	2014
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1972
Dec 1977–Nov 1978 12-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	2014
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1959
Jun 1977–Nov 1978 18-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	2014
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2016
Dec 1976–Nov 1978 24-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1979
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
Dec 1975–Nov 1978 36-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2000
	Ties: 1969, 1971
Dec 1974–Nov 1978 48-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2001
	Ties: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969
Dec 1973–Nov 1978 60-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2002
	Ties: 1970, 1971, 1972

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/