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Shelby County, Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1973 1-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1963
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
	Ties: 1974
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1950, 1976
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 2020
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1921
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1925, 1947
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1936, 1971, 1978, 2010
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1934, 1951, 1984, 2006
May–Dec 1973 8-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1924, 1971, 1985
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	66.6°F (19.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1909, 1930, 1932, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1970, 1995, 2003
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1921
	Ties: 1915, 1945, 1948, 1954
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1921, 1927
	Ties: 1906, 1907, 1928, 2005
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1921, 1927
	Ties: 1904, 1974
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1968
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1922, 2016
	Ties: 1982, 2001
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1969
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1922
	Ties: 1903, 1906, 1913, 1917, 1994, 1996
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1968, 1969
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1923
	Ties: 1902, 1982, 1989, 1994
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1969
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1985
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1961, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: County Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/