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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 2008

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2008 1-Month	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1990
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1917
Nov–Dec 2008 2-Month	32.5°F (0.3°C)	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1985
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
Oct–Dec 2008 3-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1985
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 1947, 2016
Sep–Dec 2008 4-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1985
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917
	Ties: 1940, 1952, 2010
Aug–Dec 2008 5-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1985
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	1917, 2014
	Ties: 1943, 2002, 2016
Jul–Dec 2008 6-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1985
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2014
	Ties: 1962, 1974, 1987, 2007, 2011
Jun–Dec 2008 7-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1916
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2021
	Ties: 1906, 1918, 1962, 1977, 1981, 1997
May–Dec 2008 8-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1916
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2021
	Ties: 1925, 1973, 1989, 2019
Apr–Dec 2008 9-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1916
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2021
	Ties: 1918, 1943, 1960, 1961
Mar–Dec 2008 10-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1916
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1901, 1928, 2010
Feb–Dec 2008 11-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1955
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1918, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1968, 1969, 1989, 2019
Jan–Dec 2008 12-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1916
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1928, 1946, 1959, 1962, 1970
Jul 2007–Dec 2008 18-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1985
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1977
Jan 2007–Dec 2008 24-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1968, 1993, 2012
Jan 2006–Dec 2008 36-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1913
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1936, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001
Jan 2005–Dec 2008 48-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1913, 1914, 1919
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1994, 1997, 1999
Jan 2004–Dec 2008 60-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1913
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
	Ties: 1990, 1992, 1998, 2003, 2014

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/