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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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 2012

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2012 1-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	6.2°F (3.5°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1983
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1994
Nov–Dec 2012 2-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	2000
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1971
Oct–Dec 2012 3-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1934
Sep–Dec 2012 4-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
Aug–Dec 2012 5-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1928, 2004
Jul–Dec 2012 6-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1922, 1940, 2005
Jun–Dec 2012 7-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1914, 1988
May–Dec 2012 8-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1922, 2011
Apr–Dec 2012 9-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2010	1931
	Ties: 2010
Mar–Dec 2012 10-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Feb–Dec 2012 11-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–Dec 2012 12-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	3.7°F (2.1°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jul 2011–Dec 2012 18-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	3.2°F (1.7°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1904
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan 2011–Dec 2012 24-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1979
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2017
	Ties: 1939
Jan 2010–Dec 2012 36-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1905
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2017
Jan 2009–Dec 2012 48-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1905
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1934
	Ties: 2002, 2006
Jan 2008–Dec 2012 60-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1905
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	1934
	Ties: 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1955, 2004, 2013, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/