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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2002 1-Month	25.2°F (-3.8°C)	23.0°F (-5.0°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1909
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1980
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	27.5°F (-2.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1895
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1955, 1970
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month	33.5°F (0.8°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1898
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1950, 2017
	Ties: 1940, 1983
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1898, 1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1906, 1974, 1976, 1994, 1996
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1965, 2004
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1994
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1994
May–Dec 2002 8-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1939, 1981, 1988
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2021
	Ties: 1981
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1939, 1940, 2004
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1895, 1912
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1943, 2004
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1912
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1934
	Ties: 1940, 2006
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1913
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 2012
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1899, 1913
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1898
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 2001
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1899
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 2005

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/