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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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New Mexico

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	37.8°F (3.2°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1909
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1942, 2016
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1911
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1919
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1911
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017, 2021
	Ties: 1927, 1946, 2019
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1912
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1900, 1926, 1939
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1899, 1973, 2002
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1912, 1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1939, 1964, 1966, 2000, 2002
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
May–Dec 1940 8-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1951, 1964
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1900, 1927, 1990
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1966, 1978, 1990
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1912
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1904, 1978
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1912
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1957, 1993
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1913
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1959
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1913
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1937, 1953, 1956
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1914
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1922, 1928, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1963
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1915
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018, 2020
	Ties: 1901, 1924, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1960, 1990, 1993
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1915, 1916
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1939, 1950, 1960, 1983, 1989, 1992

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/