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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 1955

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1955 1-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1909, 1932
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1917
	Ties: 1937, 1946
Nov–Dec 1955 2-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1931
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1917
	Ties: 1926, 1943, 1966
Oct–Dec 1955 3-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1919
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1950
	Ties: 1926
Sep–Dec 1955 4-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1971
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2014
	Ties: 1901, 1929, 1983
Aug–Dec 1955 5-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1916
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1929, 2018
Jul–Dec 1955 6-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1916
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2020
	Ties: 1940, 1966
Jun–Dec 1955 7-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1916
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2021
	Ties: 1936, 1963, 2019
May–Dec 1955 8-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1916
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1931, 1943, 1959, 1991
Apr–Dec 1955 9-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1927, 1928, 1938, 1976
Mar–Dec 1955 10-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1912
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1938, 1976, 1993
Feb–Dec 1955 11-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1911, 1912
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1899, 1909, 1965
Jan–Dec 1955 12-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1944
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1895, 1903, 1911, 1913, 1916
Jul 1954–Dec 1955 18-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1912, 1913
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1916, 1944, 1971, 1973, 1985
Jan 1954–Dec 1955 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1912, 1913
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1925, 1931, 1973
Jan 1953–Dec 1955 36-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2016
	Ties: 1929, 1939, 1943, 1969, 1974
Jan 1952–Dec 1955 48-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1914
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1931, 1958, 1964, 1978
Jan 1951–Dec 1955 60-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1899, 1915, 1916
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/