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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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City: Des Moines Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1991

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1991 1-Month	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	22.7°F (-5.2°C)	3.3°F (1.9°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1983
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
Nov–Dec 1991 2-Month	28.0°F (-2.2°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1985
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2001
	Ties: 1986
Oct–Dec 1991 3-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1976
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2015
	Ties: 1952
Sep–Dec 1991 4-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2015
	Ties: 2014
Aug–Dec 1991 5-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2015
	Ties: 1958, 1961, 1962
Jul–Dec 1991 6-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1976
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2021
	Ties: 1974
Jun–Dec 1991 7-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1951
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2021
	Ties: 1965, 1970
May–Dec 1991 8-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1976
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1971, 2005
Apr–Dec 1991 9-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1951
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
Mar–Dec 1991 10-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1951
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1994
Feb–Dec 1991 11-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1951
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
Jan–Dec 1991 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	2014
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2012
	Ties: 2010
Jul 1990–Dec 1991 18-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1978, 2014
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 2004
Jan 1990–Dec 1991 24-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1979
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1999
	Ties: 2018
Jan 1989–Dec 1991 36-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1979
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2017
	Ties: 2011
Jan 1988–Dec 1991 48-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1979
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2001, 2018
	Ties: 1955, 1956, 1987, 1999
Jan 1987–Dec 1991 60-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1962, 1979
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2002
	Ties: 2003

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/