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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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Maryland

Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1996 1-Month	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1989
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1994
Nov–Dec 1996 2-Month	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1911
Oct–Dec 1996 3-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1972
Sep–Dec 1996 4-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1922, 1936, 1972, 1991, 1992, 2013
Aug–Dec 1996 5-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2018
	Ties: 1921
Jul–Dec 1996 6-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2018
	Ties: 1922, 1928, 1948, 1992
Jun–Dec 1996 7-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015, 2018
	Ties: 1936, 1993
May–Dec 1996 8-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2018
	Ties: 1936, 1939
Apr–Dec 1996 9-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1913
Mar–Dec 1996 10-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2011
	Ties: 1908, 1919, 1933, 1934, 1946, 1968, 2000
Feb–Dec 1996 11-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012, 2018, 2020
	Ties: 1933, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1995
Jan–Dec 1996 12-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1904
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020
	Ties: 1927, 1970, 1977, 2014
Jul 1995–Dec 1996 18-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1904
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 1923, 1938, 1989
Jan 1995–Dec 1996 24-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1905
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2021
	Ties: 1923, 1938, 1957, 1993, 1994
Jan 1994–Dec 1996 36-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1905
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2021
	Ties: 1898, 1900, 1913, 1957, 1984, 1988, 1997
Jan 1993–Dec 1996 48-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1905
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1932, 1956, 1988, 1995
Jan 1992–Dec 1996 60-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1905
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2021
	Ties: 1934, 1955, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/