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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1973 1-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	31.5°F (-0.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1983
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1983
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1896, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1974, 2008
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1898
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1910, 1912, 1918, 1950
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1898
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1912, 1920
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1985
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1897, 1944, 1955
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1898
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1954
	Ties: 1912, 1943, 1986, 2014
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1992
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1954
	Ties: 1944, 1948, 1957, 1962, 1987
May–Dec 1973 8-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1992
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1926, 1957, 1966, 2013
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917, 1951, 1961
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1966, 1982
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1951
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1935, 1952, 1959, 1966
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1957, 1965, 1984
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1912
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1918, 1928, 1944, 1970, 1984
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1993
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1968, 1969
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1949, 1970, 1984, 2009
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1912, 1915, 1971, 1972, 1994
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905, 1906
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1914, 1968, 1974, 1975
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1906
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1935, 1956, 2002, 2016
	Ties: 1921, 1970, 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 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/