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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 2008

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2008 1-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1963
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015, 2021
Nov–Dec 2008 2-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1916, 1967, 1977
Oct–Dec 2008 3-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1931
	Ties: 1912, 1970, 2005
Sep–Dec 2008 4-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1976
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1931
	Ties: 1987
Aug–Dec 2008 5-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1931
	Ties: 1910, 1961
Jul–Dec 2008 6-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1930, 1988, 1993
Jun–Dec 2008 7-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1931
	Ties: 1904, 1940, 1944, 1953, 2014
May–Dec 2008 8-Month	68.1°F (20.1°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1998
	Ties: 1904, 1930, 1932, 1957, 1964, 1970, 1994, 2000, 2014
Apr–Dec 2008 9-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	67.6°F (19.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1935, 1962, 1980, 2003, 2014
Mar–Dec 2008 10-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1912, 1916, 1923, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1995, 2001
Feb–Dec 2008 11-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1913, 1943, 2005
Jan–Dec 2008 12-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1921
	Ties: 1926, 2009
Jul 2007–Dec 2008 18-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1968
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1896, 1916, 1937, 1939, 1955
Jan 2007–Dec 2008 24-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1969
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1922
	Ties: 1912, 1931, 1936, 1945, 1950, 1998
Jan 2006–Dec 2008 36-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1969
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2017, 2019
	Ties: 1898, 1929, 1932, 1954, 1955, 2012, 2013
Jan 2005–Dec 2008 48-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1969
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019
	Ties: 1909, 1930, 1932, 1946, 1955, 1956
Jan 2004–Dec 2008 60-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1970
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1900, 1912, 1928, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 2001, 2007, 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 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/