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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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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, December 2001

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2001 1-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1963
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1921
Nov–Dec 2001 2-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	4.7°F (2.6°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
Oct–Dec 2001 3-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931
	Ties: 1956
Sep–Dec 2001 4-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931
Aug–Dec 2001 5-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1931
	Ties: 1924, 1934, 1949, 2005, 2017
Jul–Dec 2001 6-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1899, 1909, 1924, 1985
Jun–Dec 2001 7-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1931
	Ties: 1914, 1942, 1948, 1959, 1987
May–Dec 2001 8-Month	68.3°F (20.2°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1998
	Ties: 1923, 1943, 1944
Apr–Dec 2001 9-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	67.6°F (19.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2015
	Ties: 1959, 1971, 1984, 2004
Mar–Dec 2001 10-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1912, 1916, 1923, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1995, 2008
Feb–Dec 2001 11-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2016
Jan–Dec 2001 12-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1921
	Ties: 1898, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1972, 1987, 1994, 1995
Jul 2000–Dec 2001 18-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1968
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1912, 1962, 1971, 1982, 2009
Jan 2000–Dec 2001 24-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1969
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1922
	Ties: 1900, 1910, 1916, 2002, 2011, 2015
Jan 1999–Dec 2001 36-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1969
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017, 2019
	Ties: 1924, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1950, 1953, 2006
Jan 1998–Dec 2001 48-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1969
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2019
	Ties: 1911, 1921, 1928, 1935, 1936
Jan 1997–Dec 2001 60-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1970
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1900, 1912, 1928, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/