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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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Michigan

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1961 1-Month	23.0°F (-5.0°C)	23.3°F (-4.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1989
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1969
Nov–Dec 1961 2-Month	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1976
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2015
	Ties: 1922, 1991, 2014
Oct–Dec 1961 3-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1976
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1954, 2017
Sep–Dec 1961 4-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1947, 1963, 1973, 2017
Aug–Dec 1961 5-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 2004
Jul–Dec 1961 6-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1931
	Ties: 1970
Jun–Dec 1961 7-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1931
	Ties: 1908, 1923, 1946, 1990
May–Dec 1961 8-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015, 2021
	Ties: 1899, 1918, 1933, 1965, 1977, 2013
Apr–Dec 1961 9-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1998, 2021
	Ties: 1918, 1923, 1954, 1957, 1960, 2013
Mar–Dec 1961 10-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1982, 2009, 2019
Feb–Dec 1961 11-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1971, 1983
Jan–Dec 1961 12-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1911, 1913, 1919, 1932, 2013
Jul 1960–Dec 1961 18-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1904
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1919
Jan 1960–Dec 1961 24-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1999
	Ties: 1911, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1969, 1973
Jan 1959–Dec 1961 36-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1918
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1944, 1950, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1977, 2015
Jan 1958–Dec 1961 48-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1907, 1917, 1918, 1926
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2001
	Ties: 1945, 1951, 1962, 1966, 1996, 1997
Jan 1957–Dec 1961 60-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1907
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2002
	Ties: 1940, 1951, 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 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/