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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1916

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1916 1-Month	17.3°F (-8.2°C)	22.7°F (-5.2°C)	-5.4°F (-3.0°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1983
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2015
Nov–Dec 1916 2-Month	26.6°F (-3.0°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1910	1985
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2001
	Ties: 1910, 1925
Oct–Dec 1916 3-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1911	1985
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
Sep–Dec 1916 4-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1909	1985
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1924, 1955
Aug–Dec 1916 5-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1911	1985
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1942, 1943, 1966, 1983
Jul–Dec 1916 6-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1985
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	1931
	Ties: 1974
Jun–Dec 1916 7-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1985
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	1931
	Ties: 2008
May–Dec 1916 8-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	1931
	Ties: 1895, 1932, 1943, 2013, 2014
Apr–Dec 1916 9-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1909	1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1925
Mar–Dec 1916 10-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1951
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1919
Feb–Dec 1916 11-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1909	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1899, 1902, 1907, 1945, 1969
Jan–Dec 1916 12-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1917
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1937
Jul 1915–Dec 1916 18-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1951
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1997
Jan 1915–Dec 1916 24-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1951
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1924, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972
Jan 1914–Dec 1916 36-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1952
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1953, 1959, 1985, 2015
Jan 1913–Dec 1916 48-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1905
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	1934
	Ties: 1913, 1930, 1986
Jan 1912–Dec 1916 60-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1909	1907
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1934, 2002
	Ties: 1927

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/