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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2002 1-Month	31.7°F (-0.2°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1989
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1920, 1968, 1997
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1906, 1936, 1942, 2014
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1906, 1934, 1979
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1906, 1920, 1933, 1948, 1978, 1987, 1991
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1976
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1939, 1984, 2018
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917, 1976
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1922, 1939, 1991, 2012
May–Dec 2002 8-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1908
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1949, 1965, 1977, 1994, 2017
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1955, 1971
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1977, 1990, 2015
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1954, 2011
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2012
	Ties: 1932
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1999, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1931, 1939, 2006
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012, 2018
	Ties: 2001, 2008
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1979
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1933, 1955
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
	Ties: 2021

Citing This Page

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