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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 1997

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1997 1-Month	34.3°F (1.3°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1989
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1928
Nov–Dec 1997 2-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1976
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1920, 1936, 2002, 2014
Oct–Dec 1997 3-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1996, 2002
Sep–Dec 1997 4-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1976
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1931
	Ties: 1895, 1926, 1996, 2010
Aug–Dec 1997 5-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1976
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1931
Jul–Dec 1997 6-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1976
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
	Ties: 1944, 2014
Jun–Dec 1997 7-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1976
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1931
	Ties: 1966
May–Dec 1997 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1931
	Ties: 1929, 1945, 1958, 1974, 1992
Apr–Dec 1997 9-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
	Ties: 1924
Mar–Dec 1997 10-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1904
Feb–Dec 1997 11-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1993
Jan–Dec 1997 12-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Jul 1996–Dec 1997 18-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904, 1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1912, 1966, 1996
Jan 1996–Dec 1997 24-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1979
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1925
Jan 1995–Dec 1997 36-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1980
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1925, 1977
Jan 1994–Dec 1997 48-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1977
Jan 1993–Dec 1997 60-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1980
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1960, 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/