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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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Upper Colorado River Basin

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	32.9°F (0.5°C)	23.0°F (-5.0°C)	9.9°F (5.5°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1909
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1980
Nov–Dec 1980 2-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	27.4°F (-2.6°C)	6.0°F (3.4°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1895
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Oct–Dec 1980 3-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	33.5°F (0.8°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1950, 2017
	Ties: 2016
Sep–Dec 1980 4-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898, 1912
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 1963, 1995, 2010
Aug–Dec 1980 5-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1939, 2003, 2010, 2014
Jul–Dec 1980 6-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1977, 1995, 2010
Jun–Dec 1980 7-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	2.0°F (1.2°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1958
May–Dec 1980 8-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1937, 1996, 2010
Apr–Dec 1980 9-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1933, 1943, 2005
Mar–Dec 1980 10-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1986
Feb–Dec 1980 11-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1998, 2010
Jan–Dec 1980 12-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1895, 1912
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1963, 1990
Jul 1979–Dec 1980 18-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1978, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2019
Jan 1979–Dec 1980 24-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1913
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1922, 1927, 1967
Jan 1978–Dec 1980 36-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1899, 1913
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1947, 1962, 1993
Jan 1977–Dec 1980 48-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1961, 1982
Jan 1976–Dec 1980 60-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1899
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1943, 1963, 1982, 1983, 1984

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/