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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 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1959 1-Month	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1909, 1932
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 2006
Nov–Dec 1959 2-Month	34.0°F (1.1°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1931
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 1991, 1997
Oct–Dec 1959 3-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1919
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1950
	Ties: 1940, 1986
Sep–Dec 1959 4-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1971
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2014
	Ties: 1938, 2006, 2019
Aug–Dec 1959 5-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1907, 2013
Jul–Dec 1959 6-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1926, 1954, 1983, 2000, 2004
Jun–Dec 1959 7-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1953, 1966, 1994, 2000
May–Dec 1959 8-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1931, 1943, 1955, 1991
Apr–Dec 1959 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1917, 1969, 1974, 1979
Mar–Dec 1959 10-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1979
Feb–Dec 1959 11-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1911, 1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1934
	Ties: 1925, 1980, 1990, 2009
Jan–Dec 1959 12-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1944
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1950, 1980, 2009
Jul 1958–Dec 1959 18-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1912, 1913
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
	Ties: 2009
Jan 1958–Dec 1959 24-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1912, 1913
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
Jan 1957–Dec 1959 36-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1913
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
	Ties: 1961, 1987, 1995
Jan 1956–Dec 1959 48-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1914
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1962, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993
Jan 1955–Dec 1959 60-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1899, 1915, 1916
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1927, 1944, 1958, 1964, 1970

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/