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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1897

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PeriodValue1901-2000
Mean		AnomalyRank
(1895-2022)		Warmest/Coolest
Since		Record
December 1897
1-Month		30.76°F
(-0.69°C)		32.68°F
(0.38°C)		-1.92°F
(-1.07°C)		24th Coolest
Coolest to Date
1983
105th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Nov–Dec 1897
2-Month		35.84°F
(2.13°C)		37.19°F
(2.88°C)		-1.35°F
(-0.75°C)		25th Coolest
Coolest since:
2000
104th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Oct–Dec 1897
3-Month		42.26°F
(5.70°C)		42.83°F
(6.02°C)		-0.57°F
(-0.32°C)		37th Coolest
Coolest since:
1898
92nd Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Sep–Dec 1897
4-Month		48.30°F
(9.06°C)		48.34°F
(9.08°C)		-0.04°F
(-0.02°C)		54th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
75th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Ties: 1908
Aug–Dec 1897
5-Month		52.91°F
(11.62°C)		53.09°F
(11.72°C)		-0.18°F
(-0.10°C)		44th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
85th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Jul–Dec 1897
6-Month		56.32°F
(13.51°C)		56.51°F
(13.62°C)		-0.19°F
(-0.11°C)		46th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
83rd Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Jun–Dec 1897
7-Month		58.00°F
(14.44°C)		58.22°F
(14.57°C)		-0.22°F
(-0.13°C)		49th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
80th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
May–Dec 1897
8-Month		58.40°F
(14.67°C)		58.47°F
(14.71°C)		-0.07°F
(-0.04°C)		51st Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
78th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Ties: 1969, 2000
Apr–Dec 1897
9-Month		57.59°F
(14.22°C)		57.64°F
(14.24°C)		-0.05°F
(-0.02°C)		54th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
75th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1970
Mar–Dec 1897
10-Month		55.71°F
(13.17°C)		56.03°F
(13.35°C)		-0.32°F
(-0.18°C)		40th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
89th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Feb–Dec 1897
11-Month		53.68°F
(12.04°C)		54.01°F
(12.23°C)		-0.33°F
(-0.19°C)		42nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
87th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Ties: 1945, 1971
Jan–Dec 1897
12-Month		51.56°F
(10.87°C)		52.02°F
(11.12°C)		-0.46°F
(-0.25°C)		33rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
96th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Jul 1896–Dec 1897
18-Month		52.96°F
(11.64°C)		53.52°F
(11.96°C)		-0.56°F
(-0.32°C)		18th Coolest
Coolest to Date
1917
110th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012, 2016
Jan 1896–Dec 1897
24-Month		51.78°F
(10.99°C)		52.02°F
(11.12°C)		-0.24°F
(-0.13°C)		43rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
85th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2017
Ties: 1908
Jan 1895–Dec 1897
36-Month		51.30°F
(10.72°C)		52.01°F
(11.12°C)		-0.71°F
(-0.40°C)		9th Coolest
Coolest to Date
1917
118th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2017

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