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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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 2008

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2008 1-Month	29.3°F (-1.5°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1989
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1964, 1974, 1979
Nov–Dec 2008 2-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1920, 1970, 1978, 2014
Oct–Dec 2008 3-Month	36.3°F (2.4°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1977
Sep–Dec 2008 4-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1986, 2002
Aug–Dec 2008 5-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
	Ties: 1898, 1918, 1947, 1968, 2013
Jul–Dec 2008 6-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1993
Jun–Dec 2008 7-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015, 2018
	Ties: 1934, 1987
May–Dec 2008 8-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
	Ties: 1896, 1941
Apr–Dec 2008 9-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2015
	Ties: 1949, 1975, 1986, 1987
Mar–Dec 2008 10-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2011
	Ties: 1898, 1922
Feb–Dec 2008 11-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012, 2018, 2020
	Ties: 1922, 1984, 2001
Jan–Dec 2008 12-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2020
	Ties: 1999, 2009
Jul 2007–Dec 2008 18-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1904
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 2005
Jan 2007–Dec 2008 24-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1905
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2021
	Ties: 1922, 2004
Jan 2006–Dec 2008 36-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1905
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2021
Jan 2005–Dec 2008 48-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1905
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2020, 2021
	Ties: 2006, 2009, 2015
Jan 2004–Dec 2008 60-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1905
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2021
	Ties: 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017

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/