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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1970 1-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1989
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
	Ties: 1908
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	41.8°F (5.4°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1947
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1965, 1975, 2003
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1931
	Ties: 1948, 1959, 1975, 1990, 2003
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917, 1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1931
	Ties: 1918, 1947, 1978, 1982, 1983, 2017
May–Dec 1970 8-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1911, 1944, 1954, 1984
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1939, 2006
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1990, 2003
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2012
	Ties: 1975
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1977, 1985, 2008
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1904
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2012
	Ties: 1989
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1979
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1903, 1907, 1912
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1980
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012, 2018
	Ties: 1903, 1925
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1979
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1912, 1920, 1926, 1978
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1980
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1908, 1918

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/