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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 2005

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2005 1-Month	27.3°F (-2.6°C)	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1990
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 1961
Nov–Dec 2005 2-Month	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1985
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 1959
Oct–Dec 2005 3-Month	36.3°F (2.4°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1985
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 1918, 1996, 1998
Sep–Dec 2005 4-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1985
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 2013, 2019
Aug–Dec 2005 5-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1985
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917, 2014
	Ties: 1936, 1944, 1947
Jul–Dec 2005 6-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1985
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2014
	Ties: 1936, 1952, 1973, 1994, 2010
Jun–Dec 2005 7-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2021
	Ties: 1922, 1929, 1949, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1990, 2010
May–Dec 2005 8-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2021
	Ties: 1941, 1952, 1962
Apr–Dec 2005 9-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2021
	Ties: 1942, 1950, 1986, 1991, 2009
Mar–Dec 2005 10-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1916
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1949, 1990, 2002
Feb–Dec 2005 11-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1955
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1967
Jan–Dec 2005 12-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1916
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 2013
Jul 2004–Dec 2005 18-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1985
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1939, 1941, 1967, 1987, 2006
Jan 2004–Dec 2005 24-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 2007
Jan 2003–Dec 2005 36-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1913
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 2014
Jan 2002–Dec 2005 48-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1913, 1914, 1919
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2016, 2017
	Ties: 2007, 2019
Jan 2001–Dec 2005 60-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1913
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 2006

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/