Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
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, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/