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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
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, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/