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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 1977

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1977 1-Month	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	-3.5°F (-2.0°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1989
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Nov–Dec 1977 2-Month	35.0°F (1.7°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1961
Oct–Dec 1977 3-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Sep–Dec 1977 4-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1963, 1980
Aug–Dec 1977 5-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1926, 1944, 1995, 1997
Jul–Dec 1977 6-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1901, 1979
Jun–Dec 1977 7-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917, 1976
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1898, 1942
May–Dec 1977 8-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1923, 1988, 2006
Apr–Dec 1977 9-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1949, 1965, 1994, 2002, 2017
Mar–Dec 1977 10-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1973, 1999
Feb–Dec 1977 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1990, 2002, 2015
Jan–Dec 1977 12-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1970, 1985, 2008
Jul 1976–Dec 1977 18-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1904
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1963
Jan 1976–Dec 1977 24-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1979
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1958, 1968
Jan 1975–Dec 1977 36-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1980
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012, 2018
	Ties: 1897, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1937, 1959, 1965, 1996, 2015
Jan 1974–Dec 1977 48-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1930, 1984
Jan 1973–Dec 1977 60-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1980
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1921, 1974, 1986

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/