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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1953 1-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	6.7°F (3.8°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1989
				10th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Nov–Dec 1953 2-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	5.1°F (2.9°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
	Ties: 1990, 1999
Oct–Dec 1953 3-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	4.0°F (2.3°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Sep–Dec 1953 4-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2015
Aug–Dec 1953 5-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2015
Jul–Dec 1953 6-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2015
Jun–Dec 1953 7-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
May–Dec 1953 8-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2015
	Ties: 1949
Apr–Dec 1953 9-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2015
Mar–Dec 1953 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
Feb–Dec 1953 11-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1949
Jan–Dec 1953 12-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1991, 2017
Jul 1952–Dec 1953 18-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan 1952–Dec 1953 24-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				14th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 2010, 2019
Jan 1951–Dec 1953 36-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				17th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2002, 2006
Jan 1950–Dec 1953 48-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1907
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2013
	Ties: 1952, 1955, 1991, 2003, 2004, 2006
Jan 1949–Dec 1953 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1907
				15th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
	Ties: 2003, 2008, 2009

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/