National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2002
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2002 1-Month |
35.08°F (1.71°C) | 32.68°F (0.38°C) |
2.40°F (1.33°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1983 |
30th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Ties: 1921 | ||||||
Nov– 2-Month |
38.53°F (3.63°C) | 37.19°F (2.88°C) |
1.34°F (0.75°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: |
2000 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
42.96°F (6.09°C) | 42.83°F (6.02°C) |
0.13°F (0.07°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1898 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
48.94°F (9.41°C) | 48.34°F (9.08°C) |
0.60°F (0.33°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1976 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
53.72°F (12.07°C) | 53.09°F (11.72°C) |
0.63°F (0.35°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1976 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1987 | ||||||
Jul– 6-Month |
57.41°F (14.12°C) | 56.51°F (13.62°C) |
0.90°F (0.50°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1976 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
59.33°F (15.18°C) | 58.22°F (14.57°C) |
1.11°F (0.61°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1976 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Ties: 1994 | ||||||
May– 8-Month |
59.32°F (15.18°C) | 58.46°F (14.70°C) |
0.86°F (0.48°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1976 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Ties: 2019 | ||||||
Apr– 9-Month |
58.68°F (14.82°C) | 57.65°F (14.25°C) |
1.03°F (0.57°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
56.76°F (13.76°C) | 56.03°F (13.35°C) |
0.73°F (0.41°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
Ties: 1954 | ||||||
Feb– 11-Month |
54.91°F (12.73°C) | 54.01°F (12.23°C) |
0.90°F (0.50°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
Ties: 1946 | ||||||
Jan– 12-Month |
53.21°F (11.78°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.19°F (0.66°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
Jul 2001– 18-Month |
55.05°F (12.81°C) | 53.52°F (11.96°C) |
1.53°F (0.85°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1998 | ||||||
Jan 2001– 24-Month |
53.45°F (11.92°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.43°F (0.80°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2017 | ||||
Jan 2000– 36-Month |
53.39°F (11.88°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
1.38°F (0.76°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2017 | ||||
Ties: 2003 | ||||||
Jan 1999– 48-Month |
53.51°F (11.95°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.52°F (0.84°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1917 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jan 1998– 60-Month |
53.66°F (12.03°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.67°F (0.92°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1920 |
8th Warmest | Warmest to Date |
2019, 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 4, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings