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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 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1978 1-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1989
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1920, 1964
Nov–Dec 1978 2-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1964, 2009
Oct–Dec 1978 3-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1912, 2005, 2009
Sep–Dec 1978 4-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1931
	Ties: 1908, 1938, 1947, 2005
Aug–Dec 1978 5-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1908, 1953, 1965
Jul–Dec 1978 6-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1918, 1923, 1975
Jun–Dec 1978 7-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1940, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1975, 1986
May–Dec 1978 8-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1931
	Ties: 1940, 1942, 1947, 1957, 1964
Apr–Dec 1978 9-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2015
	Ties: 1912, 1930, 1944, 1947, 2003
Mar–Dec 1978 10-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2016
	Ties: 1895, 1925, 1968
Feb–Dec 1978 11-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1963
Jan–Dec 1978 12-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1958
Jul 1977–Dec 1978 18-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1904, 1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012, 2016
Jan 1977–Dec 1978 24-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1979
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1967
Jan 1976–Dec 1978 36-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1980
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
Jan 1975–Dec 1978 48-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1979
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1907, 1961, 1968, 1970
Jan 1974–Dec 1978 60-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1980
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1918, 1966, 1967, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/