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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1949

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1949 1-Month	27.9°F (-2.3°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1909, 1932
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1917
Nov–Dec 1949 2-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1931
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	1917
	Ties: 1989, 2008
Oct–Dec 1949 3-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1919
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1950
	Ties: 1960, 2002
Sep–Dec 1949 4-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1971
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2014
	Ties: 1952, 1966
Aug–Dec 1949 5-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2020
	Ties: 1989, 1997, 2002, 2019
Jul–Dec 1949 6-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2020
	Ties: 1987
Jun–Dec 1949 7-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1952, 1986, 1997
May–Dec 1949 8-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1967
Apr–Dec 1949 9-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2021
	Ties: 1952, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1999
Mar–Dec 1949 10-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1929, 2009, 2010, 2019
Feb–Dec 1949 11-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1911, 1912
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1917, 1952, 1970, 1998
Jan–Dec 1949 12-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1944
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1912
Jul 1948–Dec 1949 18-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1912, 1913
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
Jan 1948–Dec 1949 24-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1912, 1913
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2015
Jan 1947–Dec 1949 36-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1913
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2016
	Ties: 1917, 1918
Jan 1946–Dec 1949 48-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1914
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1906, 1915, 1919, 1925, 1985
Jan 1945–Dec 1949 60-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1899, 1915, 1916
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1920, 1948

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/