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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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Indiana

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1948 1-Month	33.3°F (0.7°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1989
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
Nov–Dec 1948 2-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
Oct–Dec 1948 3-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1931
	Ties: 1897, 1939, 1979
Sep–Dec 1948 4-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1976
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1931
	Ties: 2005
Aug–Dec 1948 5-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1976
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1931
	Ties: 1906, 1920, 1933, 1978, 1987, 1991, 2002
Jul–Dec 1948 6-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1931
	Ties: 1959, 1970, 1975, 1990, 2003
Jun–Dec 1948 7-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917, 1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1931
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1990
May–Dec 1948 8-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1931
	Ties: 1940, 1964, 2017
Apr–Dec 1948 9-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1931
	Ties: 1908, 1946, 1956, 1973, 2020
Mar–Dec 1948 10-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1971, 2002
Feb–Dec 1948 11-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1911, 1913, 1927, 1936, 1957, 1994
Jan–Dec 1948 12-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1942, 1994, 1995
Jul 1947–Dec 1948 18-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1904
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1971, 1990, 2013
Jan 1947–Dec 1948 24-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1979
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1943, 1985, 1994
Jan 1946–Dec 1948 36-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1980
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012, 2018
	Ties: 1938, 1998
Jan 1945–Dec 1948 48-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1901, 1952, 1953, 1974, 1976
Jan 1944–Dec 1948 60-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1980
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1924, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/