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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 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1962 1-Month	32.1°F (0.1°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1909, 1932
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 2005
Nov–Dec 1962 2-Month	36.5°F (2.5°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1931
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 1929
Oct–Dec 1962 3-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1919
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1950
	Ties: 1980
Sep–Dec 1962 4-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1971
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2014
Aug–Dec 1962 5-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1916
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1934, 1963
Jul–Dec 1962 6-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1916
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1980, 1996, 2015
Jun–Dec 1962 7-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1916
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2021
	Ties: 1922, 1929, 1942, 2005
May–Dec 1962 8-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1916
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2021
	Ties: 1969, 1995
Apr–Dec 1962 9-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1912
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2021
	Ties: 1994
Mar–Dec 1962 10-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1954
Feb–Dec 1962 11-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1911, 1912
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1947, 1979, 2010
Jan–Dec 1962 12-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1944
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1934
	Ties: 1914, 1947
Jul 1961–Dec 1962 18-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912, 1913
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1934
	Ties: 1907, 1914, 1922
Jan 1961–Dec 1962 24-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912, 1913
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1937, 1943, 1963, 1994
Jan 1960–Dec 1962 36-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1913
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1942, 1954, 1963, 1983, 1993
Jan 1959–Dec 1962 48-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1914
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1959, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993
Jan 1958–Dec 1962 60-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1899, 1915, 1916
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1981, 1989, 1991

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/