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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 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1946 1-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1909, 1932
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1917
	Ties: 1937, 1955
Nov–Dec 1946 2-Month	34.3°F (1.3°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1931
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1917
Oct–Dec 1946 3-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1919
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1950
	Ties: 1920, 1923, 1947
Sep–Dec 1946 4-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1971
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014
	Ties: 1920, 1923
Aug–Dec 1946 5-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1916
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1914, 1947
Jul–Dec 1946 6-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1916
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1965
Jun–Dec 1946 7-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1916
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1956
May–Dec 1946 8-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1916
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1947, 1964, 1970
Apr–Dec 1946 9-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1919
Mar–Dec 1946 10-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1915, 1942, 1963
Feb–Dec 1946 11-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1911, 1912
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1934
	Ties: 1907, 1914, 1953, 1969
Jan–Dec 1946 12-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1944
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1934
	Ties: 1956, 1979
Jul 1945–Dec 1946 18-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912, 1913
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1934
	Ties: 1904, 1915, 1930, 1969, 1982
Jan 1945–Dec 1946 24-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912, 1913
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1905, 1920, 1950, 1964, 1972, 1984
Jan 1944–Dec 1946 36-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1897
Jan 1943–Dec 1946 48-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1914
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1944, 1965, 1967, 1973
Jan 1942–Dec 1946 60-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1899, 1915, 1916
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1911, 1918, 1924, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1975

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/