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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Contiguous U.S.

Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1909

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1909 1-Month	16.45°F (-8.64°C)	22.60°F (-5.22°C)	-6.15°F (-3.42°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1909	1909
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Nov–Dec 1909 2-Month	25.10°F (-3.83°C)	26.64°F (-2.98°C)	-1.54°F (-0.85°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1976
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Oct–Dec 1909 3-Month	29.88°F (-1.18°C)	31.56°F (-0.24°C)	-1.68°F (-0.94°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1976
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Sep–Dec 1909 4-Month	35.28°F (1.82°C)	36.65°F (2.58°C)	-1.37°F (-0.76°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1976
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
	Ties: 1952
Aug–Dec 1909 5-Month	40.18°F (4.54°C)	41.13°F (5.07°C)	-0.95°F (-0.53°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1976
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Jul–Dec 1909 6-Month	43.48°F (6.38°C)	44.36°F (6.87°C)	-0.88°F (-0.49°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1976
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2021
	Ties: 1911
Jun–Dec 1909 7-Month	45.33°F (7.41°C)	45.97°F (7.76°C)	-0.64°F (-0.35°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1908	1976
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1907	2021
May–Dec 1909 8-Month	45.32°F (7.40°C)	46.16°F (7.87°C)	-0.84°F (-0.47°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1976
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
	Ties: 1967
Apr–Dec 1909 9-Month	44.33°F (6.85°C)	45.32°F (7.40°C)	-0.99°F (-0.55°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Mar–Dec 1909 10-Month	42.83°F (6.02°C)	43.78°F (6.54°C)	-0.95°F (-0.52°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2015
Feb–Dec 1909 11-Month	41.11°F (5.06°C)	41.88°F (5.49°C)	-0.77°F (-0.43°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1904	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2016
Jan–Dec 1909 12-Month	39.54°F (4.19°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.50°F (-0.28°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2016
	Ties: 1943
Jul 1908–Dec 1909 18-Month	40.95°F (4.97°C)	41.48°F (5.27°C)	-0.53°F (-0.30°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2016
	Ties: 1913
Jan 1908–Dec 1909 24-Month	39.75°F (4.31°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.29°F (-0.16°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2017
	Ties: 1960
Jan 1907–Dec 1909 36-Month	39.73°F (4.29°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1918
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1962
Jan 1906–Dec 1909 48-Month	39.83°F (4.35°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.19°F (-0.11°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1908	1919
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2018
Jan 1905–Dec 1909 60-Month	39.75°F (4.31°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.25°F (-0.13°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1908	1920
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/