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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 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1978 1-Month	9.0°F (-12.8°C)	16.2°F (-8.8°C)	-7.2°F (-4.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1990
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1917
Nov–Dec 1978 2-Month	14.1°F (-9.9°C)	19.5°F (-6.9°C)	-5.4°F (-3.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1985
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1917
Oct–Dec 1978 3-Month	19.2°F (-7.1°C)	23.6°F (-4.7°C)	-4.4°F (-2.4°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1985
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1950
Sep–Dec 1978 4-Month	24.6°F (-4.1°C)	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1985
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1950
Aug–Dec 1978 5-Month	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	31.7°F (-0.2°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2014
Jul–Dec 1978 6-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1993
Jun–Dec 1978 7-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1916
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1919, 1924, 1993
May–Dec 1978 8-Month	33.9°F (1.1°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1916
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1919
Apr–Dec 1978 9-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1935
Mar–Dec 1978 10-Month	32.9°F (0.5°C)	33.9°F (1.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1916
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2015
	Ties: 1903, 1944, 1971
Feb–Dec 1978 11-Month	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	32.3°F (0.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1985
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1960, 1975
Jan–Dec 1978 12-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1985
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1909, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1989, 2002, 2009
Jul 1977–Dec 1978 18-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1985
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2015
	Ties: 1953
Jan 1977–Dec 1978 24-Month	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1985
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1910, 1915, 1925, 1966, 1974, 1980, 1984
Jan 1976–Dec 1978 36-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1930, 1931
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1954, 1965, 1987
Jan 1975–Dec 1978 48-Month	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1932
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1965, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986
Jan 1974–Dec 1978 60-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1932, 1933
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1907, 1911, 1926, 1936, 1947, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1976

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/