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South Atlantic-Gulf Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1962

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PeriodValue1901-2000
Mean		AnomalyRank
(1895-2022)		Warmest/Coolest
Since		Record
December 1962
1-Month		44.9°F
(7.2°C)		48.4°F
(9.1°C)		-3.5°F
(-1.9°C)		14th Coolest
Coolest since:
1963
115th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1901, 1944, 1968
Nov–Dec 1962
2-Month		48.8°F
(9.3°C)		51.9°F
(11.1°C)		-3.1°F
(-1.8°C)		11th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
118th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1935
Oct–Dec 1962
3-Month		54.6°F
(12.6°C)		56.2°F
(13.4°C)		-1.6°F
(-0.8°C)		21st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
108th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1935, 1945
Sep–Dec 1962
4-Month		59.4°F
(15.2°C)		60.9°F
(16.1°C)		-1.5°F
(-0.9°C)		18th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
111th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1910
Aug–Dec 1962
5-Month		63.4°F
(17.4°C)		64.5°F
(18.1°C)		-1.1°F
(-0.7°C)		20th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
109th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1944
Jul–Dec 1962
6-Month		66.1°F
(18.9°C)		67.0°F
(19.4°C)		-0.9°F
(-0.5°C)		21st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917, 1976
108th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1904
Jun–Dec 1962
7-Month		67.6°F
(19.8°C)		68.5°F
(20.3°C)		-0.9°F
(-0.5°C)		16th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
113th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1997, 2000
May–Dec 1962
8-Month		68.5°F
(20.3°C)		68.8°F
(20.4°C)		-0.3°F
(-0.1°C)		37th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
92nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1913, 1944
Apr–Dec 1962
9-Month		67.7°F
(19.8°C)		68.2°F
(20.1°C)		-0.5°F
(-0.3°C)		26th Coolest
Coolest since:
1976
103rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1913, 1940, 1979, 1988
Mar–Dec 1962
10-Month		66.2°F
(19.0°C)		67.0°F
(19.4°C)		-0.8°F
(-0.4°C)		17th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
112th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Ties: 1910
Feb–Dec 1962
11-Month		65.1°F
(18.4°C)		65.4°F
(18.6°C)		-0.3°F
(-0.2°C)		39th Coolest
Coolest since:
1901, 1917
90th Warmest
Warmest since:
2016, 2019
Ties: 1907, 1913, 1915, 1943, 1978, 2013
Jan–Dec 1962
12-Month		63.5°F
(17.5°C)		63.9°F
(17.7°C)		-0.4°F
(-0.2°C)		34th Coolest
Coolest since:
1901
95th Warmest
Warmest since:
2019
Ties: 1915, 1926, 1947, 2014
Jul 1961–Dec 1962
18-Month		64.6°F
(18.1°C)		64.9°F
(18.3°C)		-0.3°F
(-0.2°C)		32nd Coolest
Coolest since:
1968
96th Warmest
Warmest since:
2016, 2017
Ties: 1903, 1979
Jan 1961–Dec 1962
24-Month		63.3°F
(17.4°C)		63.9°F
(17.7°C)		-0.6°F
(-0.3°C)		23rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1969
105th Warmest
Warmest since:
2020
Ties: 1915, 1960, 1976, 1989
Jan 1960–Dec 1962
36-Month		63.1°F
(17.3°C)		63.9°F
(17.7°C)		-0.8°F
(-0.4°C)		11th Coolest
Coolest since:
1968, 1969
116th Warmest
Warmest since:
2017, 2019
Ties: 1964, 1966, 1979, 1980
Jan 1959–Dec 1962
48-Month		63.3°F
(17.4°C)		63.8°F
(17.7°C)		-0.5°F
(-0.3°C)		19th Coolest
Coolest since:
1969
107th Warmest
Warmest since:
2019, 2020
Ties: 1965, 1972, 1983
Jan 1958–Dec 1962
60-Month		63.1°F
(17.3°C)		63.8°F
(17.7°C)		-0.7°F
(-0.4°C)		9th Coolest
Coolest since:
1970
116th Warmest
Warmest since:
2020
Ties: 1966, 1972, 1979, 1981

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