NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Maximum Temperature Rankings, December 2018
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2018 1-Month |
44.78°F (7.10°C) | 42.76°F (5.98°C) |
2.02°F (1.12°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1983 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Nov– 2-Month |
47.47°F (8.59°C) | 47.73°F (8.74°C) |
-0.26°F (-0.15°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: |
2000 |
| 78th Warmest | Warmest since: |
1999 | ||||
| Ties: 1940 | ||||||
|
Oct– 3-Month |
53.11°F (11.73°C) | 54.09°F (12.27°C) |
-0.98°F (-0.54°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 101st Warmest | Warmest since: |
1999 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
|
Sep– 4-Month |
59.67°F (15.37°C) | 60.02°F (15.57°C) |
-0.35°F (-0.20°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 80th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Aug– 5-Month |
64.93°F (18.29°C) | 65.05°F (18.36°C) |
-0.12°F (-0.07°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Jul– 6-Month |
68.81°F (20.45°C) | 68.65°F (20.36°C) |
0.16°F (0.09°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Jun– 7-Month |
71.00°F (21.67°C) | 70.46°F (21.37°C) |
0.54°F (0.30°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1960 | ||||||
|
May– 8-Month |
71.93°F (22.18°C) | 70.78°F (21.54°C) |
1.15°F (0.64°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Apr– 9-Month |
70.81°F (21.56°C) | 69.97°F (21.09°C) |
0.84°F (0.47°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1972 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2021 | ||||
|
Mar– 10-Month |
69.13°F (20.63°C) | 68.27°F (20.15°C) |
0.86°F (0.48°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1912 |
| 36th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
|
Feb– 11-Month |
67.09°F (19.49°C) | 66.14°F (18.97°C) |
0.95°F (0.52°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1912 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Jan– 12-Month |
65.09°F (18.38°C) | 64.00°F (17.78°C) |
1.09°F (0.60°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1912 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
|
Jul 2017– 18-Month |
66.79°F (19.33°C) | 65.56°F (18.64°C) |
1.23°F (0.69°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1912 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2012 | ||||
|
Jan 2017– 24-Month |
65.72°F (18.73°C) | 64.00°F (17.78°C) |
1.72°F (0.95°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1913 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: |
2017 | ||||
|
Jan 2016– 36-Month |
66.04°F (18.91°C) | 63.98°F (17.77°C) |
2.06°F (1.14°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1905 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2017 | ||||
|
Jan 2015– 48-Month |
66.05°F (18.92°C) | 63.97°F (17.76°C) |
2.08°F (1.16°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: |
1906 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date |
2018 | ||||
|
Jan 2014– 60-Month |
65.71°F (18.73°C) | 63.97°F (17.76°C) |
1.74°F (0.97°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: |
1907 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: |
2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 30, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings