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Shelby County, Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1987 1-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	4.4°F (2.5°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1963
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
Nov–Dec 1987 2-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1950, 1976
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1971
Oct–Dec 1987 3-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1931
	Ties: 1961, 2013
Sep–Dec 1987 4-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1931
	Ties: 1905, 1965, 1996, 2010
Aug–Dec 1987 5-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1904, 1916, 1949
Jul–Dec 1987 6-Month	65.7°F (18.7°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1946, 1949, 1994, 2001
Jun–Dec 1987 7-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1914, 1949, 1959, 2008, 2014
May–Dec 1987 8-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1938, 1951, 1999
Apr–Dec 1987 9-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1916, 1946, 1947, 1951, 2001
Mar–Dec 1987 10-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1976
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1921
	Ties: 1934, 1935, 1951, 1978, 1982, 1994
Feb–Dec 1987 11-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1921, 1927
	Ties: 1926, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2008, 2010
Jan–Dec 1987 12-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1921, 1927
	Ties: 1915, 1934, 1952, 1982, 1994, 2008
Jul 1986–Dec 1987 18-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1922, 2016
	Ties: 1909, 1937, 1938
Jan 1986–Dec 1987 24-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1969
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1922
	Ties: 1898, 1912, 1957, 1998
Jan 1985–Dec 1987 36-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1968, 1969
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1923
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1950, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2014
Jan 1984–Dec 1987 48-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1969
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1918, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1990, 2003, 2004
Jan 1983–Dec 1987 60-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1902, 1906, 1986

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: County Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/