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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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Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1919

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1919 1-Month	18.39°F (-7.56°C)	22.60°F (-5.22°C)	-4.21°F (-2.34°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1909
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Nov–Dec 1919 2-Month	23.53°F (-4.71°C)	26.64°F (-2.98°C)	-3.11°F (-1.73°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1976
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Oct–Dec 1919 3-Month	29.61°F (-1.33°C)	31.57°F (-0.24°C)	-1.96°F (-1.09°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Sep–Dec 1919 4-Month	35.43°F (1.91°C)	36.65°F (2.58°C)	-1.22°F (-0.67°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Aug–Dec 1919 5-Month	40.12°F (4.51°C)	41.13°F (5.07°C)	-1.01°F (-0.56°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
	Ties: 1952
Jul–Dec 1919 6-Month	43.63°F (6.46°C)	44.36°F (6.87°C)	-0.73°F (-0.41°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2021
	Ties: 1912
Jun–Dec 1919 7-Month	45.42°F (7.46°C)	45.97°F (7.76°C)	-0.55°F (-0.30°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2021
May–Dec 1919 8-Month	45.67°F (7.59°C)	46.15°F (7.86°C)	-0.48°F (-0.27°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Apr–Dec 1919 9-Month	44.94°F (7.19°C)	45.31°F (7.39°C)	-0.37°F (-0.20°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Mar–Dec 1919 10-Month	43.41°F (6.34°C)	43.78°F (6.54°C)	-0.37°F (-0.20°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
Feb–Dec 1919 11-Month	41.50°F (5.28°C)	41.88°F (5.49°C)	-0.38°F (-0.21°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2016
	Ties: 1952
Jan–Dec 1919 12-Month	39.78°F (4.32°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	-0.25°F (-0.14°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2016
	Ties: 1971
Jul 1918–Dec 1919 18-Month	41.37°F (5.21°C)	41.48°F (5.27°C)	-0.11°F (-0.06°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2016
Jan 1918–Dec 1919 24-Month	39.79°F (4.33°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	-0.24°F (-0.13°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
Jan 1917–Dec 1919 36-Month	39.07°F (3.93°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	-0.96°F (-0.53°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2017
Jan 1916–Dec 1919 48-Month	38.94°F (3.86°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-1.07°F (-0.59°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1919
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2018
Jan 1915–Dec 1919 60-Month	39.12°F (3.96°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.88°F (-0.48°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1920
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/