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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1897

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1897 1-Month	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1989
				48th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1948, 1952
Nov–Dec 1897 2-Month	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1928, 1965, 1986
Oct–Dec 1897 3-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1968
Sep–Dec 1897 4-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				66th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1918
Aug–Dec 1897 5-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1933, 1980
Jul–Dec 1897 6-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1980, 1997
Jun–Dec 1897 7-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2015, 2018
	Ties: 1918, 1933, 1954, 1989
May–Dec 1897 8-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1943, 1946, 1969, 1992
Apr–Dec 1897 9-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2015
	Ties: 1925
Mar–Dec 1897 10-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2011
	Ties: 1905, 1910, 1935, 1944, 1972, 1988, 1989, 1992
Feb–Dec 1897 11-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012, 2018, 2020
	Ties: 1989
Jan–Dec 1897 12-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1904
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2020
	Ties: 1915, 1928, 1950, 1969
Jul 1896–Dec 1897 18-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1904
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 1941, 1970, 1976
Jan 1896–Dec 1897 24-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1905
				75th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 1914, 1943, 1947
Jan 1895–Dec 1897 36-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1905
				105th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/