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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

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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Michigan

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1940 1-Month	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	23.3°F (-4.8°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1989
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1976
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
	Ties: 1966
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1976
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
	Ties: 1930, 1964
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015
	Ties: 1983
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1928, 1934, 2008, 2009
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931
	Ties: 1918, 1936, 1957, 2009, 2013
May–Dec 1940 8-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1901, 1912, 1932, 1937, 1960, 2000
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1998, 2021
	Ties: 1905, 1966, 1980, 1993
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1912, 1928, 1929, 1967, 1996
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1980
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1920, 1936, 1943, 1978, 1979
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1934, 1980, 1982
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1999
	Ties: 1923, 1981, 1996
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1943, 1983
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1907, 1917, 1918, 1926
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2001
	Ties: 1939, 1946, 1953, 1958, 1971, 1975
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1907
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2002
	Ties: 1951, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/