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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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Mississippi

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1986 1-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1963
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2021
	Ties: 1979, 1980, 2004
Nov–Dec 1986 2-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1985
Oct–Dec 1986 3-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1896, 1948
Sep–Dec 1986 4-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931
	Ties: 1934, 1949, 1965, 2017
Aug–Dec 1986 5-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1965, 2010, 2017
Jul–Dec 1986 6-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1902, 1915, 2010
Jun–Dec 1986 7-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	68.5°F (20.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1998, 2015, 2016
	Ties: 1911, 1924, 1925, 1951, 1990
May–Dec 1986 8-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1998
	Ties: 1951
Apr–Dec 1986 9-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1919, 2006, 2018
Mar–Dec 1986 10-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1948
Feb–Dec 1986 11-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968, 1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1921, 2016
	Ties: 1999
Jan–Dec 1986 12-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1921
	Ties: 1934, 1946, 1953
Jul 1985–Dec 1986 18-Month	65.4°F (18.6°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1909, 1938, 2000, 2005
Jan 1985–Dec 1986 24-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1969, 1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1922
	Ties: 1910
Jan 1984–Dec 1986 36-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968, 1969, 1970
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1907, 2014
Jan 1983–Dec 1986 48-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1969, 1979
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1903, 1905, 1915, 1917, 1943, 1995, 1996
Jan 1982–Dec 1986 60-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1970
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1903, 1904, 1906, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1974, 1987, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/