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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

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 1897

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1897 1-Month	26.3°F (-3.2°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1909, 1932
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1917
Nov–Dec 1897 2-Month	32.5°F (0.3°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1931
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1917
	Ties: 2000
Oct–Dec 1897 3-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1919
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1950
	Ties: 1912
Sep–Dec 1897 4-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1971
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2014
	Ties: 1994
Aug–Dec 1897 5-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1916
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2020
	Ties: 1914, 1946, 1947
Jul–Dec 1897 6-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1916
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1902, 1923, 1951, 1984
Jun–Dec 1897 7-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1916
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2021
	Ties: 1899, 1909, 1914, 1951
May–Dec 1897 8-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1916
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2021
	Ties: 1935
Apr–Dec 1897 9-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1912
				83rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 1918, 1935, 1956, 2011
Mar–Dec 1897 10-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1912
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1898, 1930
Feb–Dec 1897 11-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1911, 1912
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1934
Jan–Dec 1897 12-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1944
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1934
	Ties: 1971, 1984
Jul 1896–Dec 1897 18-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1912, 1913
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1934
	Ties: 1905, 1911, 1933, 1945, 1984, 1993
Jan 1896–Dec 1897 24-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1912, 1913
				98th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1920, 1946, 1950, 1964, 1972, 1984
Jan 1895–Dec 1897 36-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 1946

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/