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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1986

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PeriodValue1901-2000
Mean		AnomalyRank
(1895-2022)		Warmest/Coolest
Since		Record
December 1986
1-Month		34.43°F
(1.35°C)		32.68°F
(0.38°C)		1.75°F
(0.97°C)		88th Coolest
Coolest since:
1983
41st Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Nov–Dec 1986
2-Month		37.92°F
(3.29°C)		37.19°F
(2.88°C)		0.73°F
(0.41°C)		77th Coolest
Coolest since:
2000
52nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1908
Oct–Dec 1986
3-Month		43.28°F
(6.27°C)		42.83°F
(6.02°C)		0.45°F
(0.25°C)		72nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1898
57th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Sep–Dec 1986
4-Month		48.39°F
(9.11°C)		48.34°F
(9.08°C)		0.05°F
(0.03°C)		60th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
69th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Aug–Dec 1986
5-Month		53.05°F
(11.69°C)		53.09°F
(11.72°C)		-0.04°F
(-0.03°C)		56th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
73rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Jul–Dec 1986
6-Month		56.46°F
(13.59°C)		56.51°F
(13.62°C)		-0.05°F
(-0.03°C)		51st Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
78th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1948
Jun–Dec 1986
7-Month		58.46°F
(14.70°C)		58.22°F
(14.57°C)		0.24°F
(0.13°C)		73rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
56th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1958, 1979
May–Dec 1986
8-Month		58.79°F
(14.88°C)		58.47°F
(14.71°C)		0.32°F
(0.17°C)		76th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
53rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 2008
Apr–Dec 1986
9-Month		58.13°F
(14.52°C)		57.64°F
(14.24°C)		0.49°F
(0.28°C)		83rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
46th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1937
Mar–Dec 1986
10-Month		56.93°F
(13.85°C)		56.03°F
(13.35°C)		0.90°F
(0.50°C)		98th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
31st Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Feb–Dec 1986
11-Month		55.02°F
(12.79°C)		54.01°F
(12.23°C)		1.01°F
(0.56°C)		101st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
28th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Ties: 1939
Jan–Dec 1986
12-Month		53.32°F
(11.84°C)		52.02°F
(11.12°C)		1.30°F
(0.72°C)		107th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
22nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2012
Jul 1985–Dec 1986
18-Month		53.90°F
(12.17°C)		53.52°F
(11.96°C)		0.38°F
(0.21°C)		82nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
46th Warmest
Warmest since:
2012, 2016
Ties: 1974
Jan 1985–Dec 1986
24-Month		52.31°F
(11.28°C)		52.02°F
(11.12°C)		0.29°F
(0.16°C)		79th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
49th Warmest
Warmest since:
2017
Jan 1984–Dec 1986
36-Month		52.20°F
(11.22°C)		52.01°F
(11.12°C)		0.19°F
(0.10°C)		73rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
54th Warmest
Warmest since:
2017
Ties: 1947
Jan 1983–Dec 1986
48-Month		52.12°F
(11.18°C)		52.00°F
(11.11°C)		0.12°F
(0.07°C)		71st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
55th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Ties: 1949
Jan 1982–Dec 1986
60-Month		51.96°F
(11.09°C)		51.99°F
(11.11°C)		-0.03°F
(-0.02°C)		54th Coolest
Coolest since:
1920
71st Warmest
Warmest since:
2019, 2020

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