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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1973 1-Month	32.7°F (0.4°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1909, 1932
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 1996
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1931
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1917
	Ties: 2020
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month	39.9°F (4.4°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1919
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1950
	Ties: 1979
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1971
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2014
	Ties: 1896, 1975, 2007
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1916
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1974
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1916
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1915, 1964, 1974, 1997
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1916
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2021
	Ties: 1943
May–Dec 1973 8-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1916
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1992, 2010
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1912
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1963
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1917, 1919, 1927, 1956, 1961
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1911, 1912
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1918, 1957, 1967, 2011
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1944
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912, 1913
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1916, 1944, 1955, 1971, 1985
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1912, 1913
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1925, 1931, 1955
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1913
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2016
	Ties: 1903, 1906, 1919, 1933, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1966
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1914
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1944, 1946, 1965, 1967
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1899, 1915, 1916
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1910, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1953, 1968, 1976, 1986

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/