Contiguous U.S. December 1897 Average Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
30.76
32.68
-1.92
24
106
1983
2023
1897
1896
bottom-third
2
35.84
37.19
-1.35
25
105
2000
2021
1895
1896
bottom-third
3
42.26
42.83
-0.57
37
93
1898
2021
1896
1897
bottom-third
4
48.30
48.34
-0.04
54
76
1976
2021
1896
1897
normal
1908
5
52.91
53.09
-0.18
44
86
1976
2021
1896
1897
normal
6
56.32
56.51
-0.19
46
84
1976
2021
1896
1897
normal
7
58.00
58.22
-0.22
49
81
1976
2021
1896
1897
normal
8
58.40
58.47
-0.07
51
79
1976
2021
1896
1897
normal
1969,2000
9
57.59
57.64
-0.05
54
76
1917
2021
1895
1896
normal
1970
10
55.71
56.03
-0.32
40
90
1917
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
11
53.68
54.01
-0.33
42
88
1917
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
1945,1971
12
51.56
52.02
-0.46
33
97
1917
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
18
52.96
53.52
-0.56
18
111
1917
2012,2016
1897
1896
bottom-third
24
51.78
52.02
-0.24
43
86
1917
2017
1896
1897
bottom-third
1908
36
51.30
52.01
-0.71
9
119
1917
2017
1897
1897
bottom-tenth
48
-99
52.00
-99
-99
-99
1917
2018
normal
60
-99
51.99
-99
-99
-99
1920
2019,2020
normal