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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 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1986 1-Month	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1909, 1932
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1917
	Ties: 1983
Nov–Dec 1986 2-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1931
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1917
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1953, 1965, 1976, 2002, 2010
Oct–Dec 1986 3-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1919
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1950
	Ties: 1940, 1959
Sep–Dec 1986 4-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1971
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2014
	Ties: 1925, 1957, 1968
Aug–Dec 1986 5-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1938, 1954, 1992, 2006
Jul–Dec 1986 6-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1935, 1992
Jun–Dec 1986 7-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2021
	Ties: 1949, 1952, 1997
May–Dec 1986 8-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2021
Apr–Dec 1986 9-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2021
	Ties: 2009, 2010, 2019
Mar–Dec 1986 10-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934, 2021
	Ties: 1977, 1997, 2005
Feb–Dec 1986 11-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1911, 1912
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
	Ties: 2004
Jan–Dec 1986 12-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1944
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
Jul 1985–Dec 1986 18-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912, 1913
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
	Ties: 1921, 1950, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1978
Jan 1985–Dec 1986 24-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912, 1913
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1936, 1939, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1998
Jan 1984–Dec 1986 36-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
	Ties: 1967, 1970
Jan 1983–Dec 1986 48-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1914
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1926, 1968, 1970, 1977, 1984
Jan 1982–Dec 1986 60-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1899, 1915, 1916
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1910, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1953, 1968, 1973, 1976

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/