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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1920

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1920 1-Month	24.7°F (-4.1°C)	22.7°F (-5.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1983
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1947
Nov–Dec 1920 2-Month	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2001
	Ties: 1906, 1921, 1970
Oct–Dec 1920 3-Month	38.3°F (3.5°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1934, 1962, 1979
Sep–Dec 1920 4-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1918
Aug–Dec 1920 5-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1921, 1940, 1973, 2012, 2020
Jul–Dec 1920 6-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1957, 1960
Jun–Dec 1920 7-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1985
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 2019
May–Dec 1920 8-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1937, 1955, 1982
Apr–Dec 1920 9-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1931
	Ties: 1910, 1928, 1968
Mar–Dec 1920 10-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1951
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2012
	Ties: 1937
Feb–Dec 1920 11-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1935, 1959
Jan–Dec 1920 12-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1997
Jul 1919–Dec 1920 18-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1951
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
	Ties: 1945, 1985, 2009
Jan 1919–Dec 1920 24-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1951
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1931
	Ties: 1902, 1909, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1944
Jan 1918–Dec 1920 36-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1952
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1928, 1964, 1965, 1983
Jan 1917–Dec 1920 48-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1905
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1934
	Ties: 1898, 1963, 1969, 1980, 1997
Jan 1916–Dec 1920 60-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1907
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934, 2002
	Ties: 1899, 1962

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/