Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1952
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1952 1-Month |
24.12°F (-4.38°C) | 22.60°F (-5.22°C) |
1.52°F (0.84°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1909 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1996 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1952 2-Month |
26.25°F (-3.19°C) | 26.64°F (-2.98°C) |
-0.39°F (-0.21°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 1993 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1952 3-Month |
29.91°F (-1.16°C) | 31.56°F (-0.24°C) |
-1.65°F (-0.92°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1932 | 1976 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1911 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1952 4-Month |
35.28°F (1.82°C) | 36.65°F (2.58°C) |
-1.37°F (-0.76°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1909 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1952 5-Month |
40.12°F (4.51°C) | 41.13°F (5.07°C) |
-1.01°F (-0.56°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1919 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1952 6-Month |
43.49°F (6.38°C) | 44.36°F (6.87°C) |
-0.87°F (-0.49°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2021 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1952 7-Month |
45.49°F (7.49°C) | 45.98°F (7.77°C) |
-0.49°F (-0.28°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1964 | ||||||
May–Dec 1952 8-Month |
45.73°F (7.63°C) | 46.15°F (7.86°C) |
-0.42°F (-0.23°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1976 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1952 9-Month |
44.96°F (7.20°C) | 45.32°F (7.40°C) |
-0.36°F (-0.20°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1966, 1993 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1952 10-Month |
43.18°F (6.21°C) | 43.79°F (6.55°C) |
-0.61°F (-0.34°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2015 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1952 11-Month |
41.50°F (5.28°C) | 41.88°F (5.49°C) |
-0.38°F (-0.21°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1919 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1952 12-Month |
39.85°F (4.36°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
-0.19°F (-0.11°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Jul 1951–Dec 1952 18-Month |
41.03°F (5.02°C) | 41.48°F (5.27°C) |
-0.45°F (-0.25°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2016 | ||||
Jan 1951–Dec 1952 24-Month |
39.45°F (4.14°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
-0.59°F (-0.33°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1917 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2017 | ||||
Jan 1950–Dec 1952 36-Month |
39.35°F (4.08°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
-0.67°F (-0.38°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1918 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1951 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1951 | ||||||
Jan 1949–Dec 1952 48-Month |
39.48°F (4.16°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
-0.54°F (-0.30°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1951 | 1919 |
113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2018 | ||||
Jan 1948–Dec 1952 60-Month |
39.46°F (4.14°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
-0.55°F (-0.31°C) | 10th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1920 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1951 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/