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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2003 1-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1989
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1895
Nov–Dec 2003 2-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	3.5°F (2.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1976
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1956
Oct–Dec 2003 3-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
Sep–Dec 2003 4-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1976
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1911, 1953, 1986, 1991
Aug–Dec 2003 5-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1976
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1897, 1959
Jul–Dec 2003 6-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1902, 1908, 1911, 1987
Jun–Dec 2003 7-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1914, 1965, 1983
May–Dec 2003 8-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1912, 1980, 1988
Apr–Dec 2003 9-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2015
	Ties: 1912, 1930, 1944, 1947, 1978
Mar–Dec 2003 10-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1919, 1942, 1954, 1955, 1970, 1994
Feb–Dec 2003 11-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1934, 1942, 1982, 1985
Jan–Dec 2003 12-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1945, 1970, 1992
Jul 2002–Dec 2003 18-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904, 1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1901, 1914, 1937, 1992, 2001
Jan 2002–Dec 2003 24-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1946, 2001
Jan 2001–Dec 2003 36-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1980
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1921
Jan 2000–Dec 2003 48-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1979
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1957, 1992, 1999, 2015
Jan 1999–Dec 2003 60-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1980
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1933, 1957, 2009, 2015, 2017

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/