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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 2016

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2016 1-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	3.7°F (2.1°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1963
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1908, 1940
Nov–Dec 2016 2-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	4.0°F (2.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2015
Oct–Dec 2016 3-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1931
	Ties: 1984, 2021
Sep–Dec 2016 4-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1931
Aug–Dec 2016 5-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	1931
Jul–Dec 2016 6-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				1st Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1931
Jun–Dec 2016 7-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	1931
May–Dec 2016 8-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1998
Apr–Dec 2016 9-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	67.7°F (19.8°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2015
Mar–Dec 2016 10-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Feb–Dec 2016 11-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Jan–Dec 2016 12-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	1921
	Ties: 1911
Jul 2015–Dec 2016 18-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1968
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Jan 2015–Dec 2016 24-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1969
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	1922
Jan 2014–Dec 2016 36-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1969
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2017, 2019
	Ties: 1921, 1935, 2007
Jan 2013–Dec 2016 48-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1969
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1910, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 2002, 2009, 2012
Jan 2012–Dec 2016 60-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1970
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1911, 1929, 1937, 2002, 2017

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/