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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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Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1948 1-Month	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1989
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1952
Nov–Dec 1948 2-Month	34.0°F (1.1°C)	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1990
Oct–Dec 1948 3-Month	37.1°F (2.8°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
	Ties: 1902
Sep–Dec 1948 4-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
Aug–Dec 1948 5-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1922, 1972, 1987, 1993
Jul–Dec 1948 6-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1922, 1928, 1992, 1996
Jun–Dec 1948 7-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2015, 2018
	Ties: 1957
May–Dec 1948 8-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1918, 1923, 1956
Apr–Dec 1948 9-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2015
	Ties: 1939
Mar–Dec 1948 10-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2011
	Ties: 1911, 1938, 1945, 1953, 1993, 1995
Feb–Dec 1948 11-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012, 2018, 2020
	Ties: 1933, 1946, 1955, 1956, 1995, 1996
Jan–Dec 1948 12-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1908, 1910, 1930, 1979, 1980
Jul 1947–Dec 1948 18-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1904
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 1927, 1954, 1969, 1988
Jan 1947–Dec 1948 24-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1905
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2021
	Ties: 1944, 1982
Jan 1946–Dec 1948 36-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1905
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2021
	Ties: 1902, 1912, 1915, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1958
Jan 1945–Dec 1948 48-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1905
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1911, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1958
Jan 1944–Dec 1948 60-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1905
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1960

Citing This Page

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