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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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Illinois, Climate Division 3. West

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1980 1-Month	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1983
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Nov–Dec 1980 2-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	2000
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1931
	Ties: 2019
Oct–Dec 1980 3-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1931
	Ties: 1896, 1924, 1991
Sep–Dec 1980 4-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1931
	Ties: 1904
Aug–Dec 1980 5-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1931
	Ties: 1897, 2010, 2019, 2020
Jul–Dec 1980 6-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1918, 1946, 1949, 1987, 1994
Jun–Dec 1980 7-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1975, 2006, 2020
May–Dec 1980 8-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Apr–Dec 1980 9-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1931
	Ties: 1911, 1912, 1918, 1946, 1959, 1963, 1977, 2018
Mar–Dec 1980 10-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1905, 2003
Feb–Dec 1980 11-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1997, 2009
Jan–Dec 1980 12-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1947, 1977
Jul 1979–Dec 1980 18-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1944, 1992, 2010
Jan 1979–Dec 1980 24-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1925, 1967, 1978
Jan 1978–Dec 1980 36-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1905
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
Jan 1977–Dec 1980 48-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1907
Jan 1976–Dec 1980 60-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1905
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1934

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/