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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1939

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1939 1-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	6.5°F (3.6°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1909, 1932
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1929	1917
	Ties: 1958
Nov–Dec 1939 2-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1931
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	1917
Oct–Dec 1939 3-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1919
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1950
	Ties: 2017
Sep–Dec 1939 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1971
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1963, 1981, 2001
Aug–Dec 1939 5-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1916
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1981, 2003
Jul–Dec 1939 6-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1916
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1958, 1981, 2008
Jun–Dec 1939 7-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1916
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2021
	Ties: 1950, 1988
May–Dec 1939 8-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1916
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2021
	Ties: 1940, 2015
Apr–Dec 1939 9-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2021
Mar–Dec 1939 10-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1940, 1981
Feb–Dec 1939 11-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1911, 1912
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1934
	Ties: 1936, 1937, 1943, 1954
Jan–Dec 1939 12-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1944
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1934
	Ties: 1943, 1977, 1987, 1997
Jul 1938–Dec 1939 18-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912, 1913
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	1934
	Ties: 1935, 1936, 1961, 1977
Jan 1938–Dec 1939 24-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912, 1913
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1936, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998
Jan 1937–Dec 1939 36-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1913
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2016
	Ties: 1929, 1943, 1955, 1969, 1974
Jan 1936–Dec 1939 48-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1914
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1935, 1963
Jan 1935–Dec 1939 60-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1899, 1915, 1916
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1954

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/