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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1989

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1989 1-Month	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1990
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1917
	Ties: 2003
Nov–Dec 1989 2-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1985
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1917
Oct–Dec 1989 3-Month	37.7°F (3.2°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1985
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1917
	Ties: 1963, 1974, 2012
Sep–Dec 1989 4-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1985
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1917
	Ties: 1998
Aug–Dec 1989 5-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1985
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1917, 2014
	Ties: 2010
Jul–Dec 1989 6-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1985
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2014
	Ties: 1938, 1943, 1980, 2016
Jun–Dec 1989 7-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1938
May–Dec 1989 8-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1925, 1973, 2008, 2019
Apr–Dec 1989 9-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1904, 2002
Mar–Dec 1989 10-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1925, 1941
Feb–Dec 1989 11-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1955
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1918, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1968, 1969, 2008, 2019
Jan–Dec 1989 12-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1914, 1968, 1979
Jul 1988–Dec 1989 18-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1985
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1954, 1974, 1994, 1996, 2010
Jan 1988–Dec 1989 24-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1996, 2000
Jan 1987–Dec 1989 36-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2016
	Ties: 1999, 2000, 2019
Jan 1986–Dec 1989 48-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1913, 1914, 1919
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016, 2017
	Ties: 2001
Jan 1985–Dec 1989 60-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1913
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2018
	Ties: 1962, 2011, 2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/