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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 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1981 1-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	5.5°F (3.1°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1909, 1932
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1917
Nov–Dec 1981 2-Month	38.3°F (3.5°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	4.7°F (2.6°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1931
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1917
Oct–Dec 1981 3-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1919
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1950
	Ties: 1965
Sep–Dec 1981 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1971
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2014
	Ties: 1939, 1963, 2001
Aug–Dec 1981 5-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1939, 2003
Jul–Dec 1981 6-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1939, 1958, 2008
Jun–Dec 1981 7-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1977
May–Dec 1981 8-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1934
Apr–Dec 1981 9-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2021
	Ties: 2007
Mar–Dec 1981 10-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1939, 1940
Feb–Dec 1981 11-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1911, 1912
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
	Ties: 1940, 2018
Jan–Dec 1981 12-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1944
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Jul 1980–Dec 1981 18-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912, 1913
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
	Ties: 2000
Jan 1980–Dec 1981 24-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912, 1913
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2015
	Ties: 1934, 2020
Jan 1979–Dec 1981 36-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
	Ties: 1960
Jan 1978–Dec 1981 48-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1914
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1988
Jan 1977–Dec 1981 60-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899, 1915, 1916
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1962, 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 September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/