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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1959 1-Month	21.5°F (-5.8°C)	10.8°F (-11.8°C)	10.7°F (6.0°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1983
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1939
	Ties: 2011
Nov–Dec 1959 2-Month	19.6°F (-6.9°C)	18.2°F (-7.7°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1927
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1999
	Ties: 1988
Oct–Dec 1959 3-Month	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1919
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1942
Sep–Dec 1959 4-Month	33.1°F (0.6°C)	33.9°F (1.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1919
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1961, 1970
Aug–Dec 1959 5-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1985
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1991
Jul–Dec 1959 6-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1985
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1970
Jun–Dec 1959 7-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1985
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2021
	Ties: 2014, 2018
May–Dec 1959 8-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1927
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2021
	Ties: 1928, 1933, 1937, 1961, 1973
Apr–Dec 1959 9-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1927
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1969, 1973
Mar–Dec 1959 10-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1951
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2021
	Ties: 1957, 2004
Feb–Dec 1959 11-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1987
	Ties: 1900, 1928
Jan–Dec 1959 12-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1950
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1987
	Ties: 1914, 1949, 1962
Jul 1958–Dec 1959 18-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2016
	Ties: 1913, 1933, 1971, 1989, 1994, 2013
Jan 1958–Dec 1959 24-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1917, 1951
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2016
	Ties: 1995
Jan 1957–Dec 1959 36-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1918, 1951
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1939, 1961, 1978
Jan 1956–Dec 1959 48-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1919
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2001
	Ties: 1922, 1924, 1945, 1947, 1982, 1985
Jan 1955–Dec 1959 60-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1899
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2002
	Ties: 1924, 1948, 1960, 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/