Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Colorado River Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1972 1-Month |
17.8°F (-7.9°C) | 23.0°F (-5.0°C) |
-5.2°F (-2.9°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1909 |
| 111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1980 | ||||
| Ties: 1911 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
23.4°F (-4.8°C) | 27.4°F (-2.6°C) |
-4.0°F (-2.2°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1895 |
| 121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
30.9°F (-0.6°C) | 33.4°F (0.8°C) |
-2.5°F (-1.4°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1898 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1950, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
37.2°F (2.9°C) | 39.2°F (4.0°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1898, 1912 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1913, 1931 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
42.7°F (5.9°C) | 44.3°F (6.8°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.7°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 49.8°F (9.9°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1914, 1961, 1975 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 50.0°F (10.0°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1919, 1945, 1978 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
48.6°F (9.2°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1917, 1941, 1978 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
47.6°F (8.7°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1966 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
45.9°F (7.7°C) | 45.5°F (7.5°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1960, 1991, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
44.0°F (6.7°C) | 43.4°F (6.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1895, 1912 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1907, 1926, 1997, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
44.8°F (7.1°C) | 44.9°F (7.2°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 44th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1927, 1937, 1944, 1964, 1985 | ||||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
43.4°F (6.3°C) | 43.4°F (6.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1913 |
| 73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1910, 1957, 1964 | ||||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
43.4°F (6.3°C) | 43.4°F (6.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899, 1913 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 1944, 1967 | ||||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
43.5°F (6.4°C) | 43.4°F (6.3°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1898 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1964, 1977 | ||||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
43.2°F (6.2°C) | 43.4°F (6.3°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
| 79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1949, 1969, 1977 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/