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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 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1980 1-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	5.9°F (3.3°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1909, 1932
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1917
Nov–Dec 1980 2-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1931
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1917
Oct–Dec 1980 3-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1919
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1950
	Ties: 1962
Sep–Dec 1980 4-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1971
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2014
	Ties: 2003
Aug–Dec 1980 5-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1916
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 2010
Jul–Dec 1980 6-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1916
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1962, 1996, 2015
Jun–Dec 1980 7-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1916
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1926
May–Dec 1980 8-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1916
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1942, 1952, 1954, 2009
Apr–Dec 1980 9-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1912
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1949, 1952, 1990, 1997, 1999
Mar–Dec 1980 10-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1928
Feb–Dec 1980 11-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1911, 1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1934
	Ties: 1925, 1959, 1990, 2009
Jan–Dec 1980 12-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1944
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1950, 1959, 2009
Jul 1979–Dec 1980 18-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912, 1913
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1934
	Ties: 1938, 1988, 1990, 2019
Jan 1979–Dec 1980 24-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912, 1913
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1928, 1967, 2011
Jan 1978–Dec 1980 36-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1913
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1958, 1978, 1979
Jan 1977–Dec 1980 48-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1914
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1959, 1962, 1982, 1983, 1993
Jan 1976–Dec 1980 60-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1899, 1915, 1916
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1941, 1942, 1982, 1983, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/