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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 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1996 1-Month	33.0°F (0.6°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1989
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1967, 1997, 1999
Nov–Dec 1996 2-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1976
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1985
Oct–Dec 1996 3-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1976
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1931
	Ties: 1916, 1967, 2010, 2013
Sep–Dec 1996 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1976
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1931
	Ties: 1895, 1914, 1916, 1955, 1974
Aug–Dec 1996 5-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1976
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
	Ties: 1942
Jul–Dec 1996 6-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1976
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
	Ties: 1972, 1981
Jun–Dec 1996 7-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917, 1976
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
	Ties: 1963, 2014
May–Dec 1996 8-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
Apr–Dec 1996 9-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1931
	Ties: 1928, 1972
Mar–Dec 1996 10-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1951
Feb–Dec 1996 11-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1910, 1929, 1947
Jan–Dec 1996 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1976
Jul 1995–Dec 1996 18-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Jan 1995–Dec 1996 24-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1906, 1926, 1964, 1966
Jan 1994–Dec 1996 36-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1980
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012, 2018
	Ties: 1897, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1937, 1959, 1965, 1977, 2015
Jan 1993–Dec 1996 48-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1979
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1903, 1909, 1913, 1928, 1967, 1983
Jan 1992–Dec 1996 60-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1980
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1914, 1926, 1960, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/