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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 1917

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1917 1-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	7.7°F (4.3°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1909, 1932
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1917
Nov–Dec 1917 2-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	5.6°F (3.1°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1931
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1917
Oct–Dec 1917 3-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	4.3°F (2.4°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1919
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1950
Sep–Dec 1917 4-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	3.3°F (1.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1971
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2014
Aug–Dec 1917 5-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1916
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
	Ties: 2001, 2021
Jul–Dec 1917 6-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1916
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
	Ties: 2003, 2017
Jun–Dec 1917 7-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1916
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 1937, 2015
May–Dec 1917 8-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1916
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1910	2021
	Ties: 1966, 1999, 2000, 2013
Apr–Dec 1917 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1912
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1910	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1959, 1969, 1974, 1979
Mar–Dec 1917 10-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1919, 1927, 1956, 1961, 1973
Feb–Dec 1917 11-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1911, 1912
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1949, 1952, 1970, 1998
Jan–Dec 1917 12-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1944
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1934
	Ties: 1898, 1922, 1932, 1948, 1975, 1982
Jul 1916–Dec 1917 18-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1912, 1913
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1934
Jan 1916–Dec 1917 24-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1912, 1913
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2015
	Ties: 1923
Jan 1915–Dec 1917 36-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1913
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1949
Jan 1914–Dec 1917 48-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1914
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1947, 1951
Jan 1913–Dec 1917 60-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1899, 1915, 1916
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2018
	Ties: 1913

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/