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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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Iowa

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1982

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1982 1-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	22.7°F (-5.2°C)	6.0°F (3.4°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1983
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
Nov–Dec 1982 2-Month	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2001
	Ties: 1899, 1946, 2002
Oct–Dec 1982 3-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1900, 2012
Sep–Dec 1982 4-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1931
	Ties: 1921, 1949, 1990, 2003, 2012
Aug–Dec 1982 5-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1931
	Ties: 1906, 1946
Jul–Dec 1982 6-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1931
	Ties: 1928, 1990, 2019
Jun–Dec 1982 7-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1985
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1931
	Ties: 1944, 1955, 1959
May–Dec 1982 8-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1917
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1931
	Ties: 1920, 1937, 1955
Apr–Dec 1982 9-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1931
	Ties: 1905, 1942, 1978
Mar–Dec 1982 10-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1951
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1979, 1997
Feb–Dec 1982 11-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1906, 1919, 1947, 1962, 1966
Jan–Dec 1982 12-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1895, 1960
Jul 1981–Dec 1982 18-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1951
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1926, 1960, 1962, 1972
Jan 1981–Dec 1982 24-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1951
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1931
	Ties: 1975
Jan 1980–Dec 1982 36-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1952
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1947, 1949, 1977, 1998
Jan 1979–Dec 1982 48-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1905
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1929, 1950, 1971
Jan 1978–Dec 1982 60-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1907
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934, 2002
	Ties: 1908, 1918, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/