Climate at a Glance
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Illinois, Climate Division 3. West
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1972
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1972 1-Month |
24.3°F (-4.3°C) | 28.3°F (-2.1°C) |
-4.0°F (-2.2°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1963 | 1983 |
106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1958 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
30.2°F (-1.0°C) | 34.2°F (1.2°C) |
-4.0°F (-2.2°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 2000 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
37.1°F (2.8°C) | 41.0°F (5.0°C) |
-3.9°F (-2.2°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1925 | 1976 |
122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
44.7°F (7.1°C) | 47.3°F (8.5°C) |
-2.6°F (-1.4°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1898 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
50.4°F (10.2°C) | 52.5°F (11.4°C) |
-2.1°F (-1.2°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1976 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1932 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.2°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1976 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1898 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
56.6°F (13.7°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1976 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1924 | ||||||
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
57.4°F (14.1°C) | 59.0°F (15.0°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1935, 2000 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
56.7°F (13.7°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.9°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1898 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 1992, 1993, 2014 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 2008 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1904 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1916, 1920, 1963 | ||||||
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1979 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1926, 1977, 1985, 1993 | ||||||
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1905 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
50.4°F (10.2°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1905 |
111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1963, 1978, 1982 | ||||||
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1971, 1978, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 12, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/