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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

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Idaho

Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1961 1-Month	15.4°F (-9.2°C)	16.2°F (-8.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1990
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1917
	Ties: 1945
Nov–Dec 1961 2-Month	17.6°F (-8.0°C)	19.5°F (-6.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1985
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1917
Oct–Dec 1961 3-Month	22.0°F (-5.6°C)	23.6°F (-4.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1985
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1950
	Ties: 1895
Sep–Dec 1961 4-Month	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1985
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1950
Aug–Dec 1961 5-Month	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	31.7°F (-0.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1985
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2014
	Ties: 1955, 2009
Jul–Dec 1961 6-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1985
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2021
	Ties: 1908, 1915, 1969, 1986, 1987
Jun–Dec 1961 7-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1916
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1979, 1983, 1986, 2011
May–Dec 1961 8-Month	36.3°F (2.4°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1916
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1946, 1986, 1992, 1996
Apr–Dec 1961 9-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1916
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1896, 1918, 1923, 1957, 1979, 1990, 2005, 2010
Mar–Dec 1961 10-Month	34.3°F (1.3°C)	33.8°F (1.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1916
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1933, 1949, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2002
Feb–Dec 1961 11-Month	33.5°F (0.8°C)	32.3°F (0.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1985
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1938, 1988, 1995, 2013
Jan–Dec 1961 12-Month	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1985
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1987, 2010
Jul 1960–Dec 1961 18-Month	32.9°F (0.5°C)	32.1°F (0.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1985
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1997, 2019
Jan 1960–Dec 1961 24-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1985
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1900, 1908, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1970, 1973
Jan 1959–Dec 1961 36-Month	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1930, 1931
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
	Ties: 1906, 1910, 1925, 1958, 1962, 1973, 1975
Jan 1958–Dec 1961 48-Month	31.4°F (-0.3°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1932
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1943, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2010
Jan 1957–Dec 1961 60-Month	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1932, 1933
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1963, 1971

Citing This Page

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