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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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New Mexico

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1988 1-Month	33.5°F (0.8°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1909
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2021
	Ties: 1903, 1944, 1971, 1972
Nov–Dec 1988 2-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1911
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2021
	Ties: 2004, 2013
Oct–Dec 1988 3-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1911
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2017, 2021
Sep–Dec 1988 4-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2021
	Ties: 1899, 1966, 1996
Aug–Dec 1988 5-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2021
	Ties: 1919
Jul–Dec 1988 6-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912, 1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2021
	Ties: 1919, 1956, 1959
Jun–Dec 1988 7-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2021
	Ties: 1931, 1936, 1949, 1985
May–Dec 1988 8-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1931, 1943, 1960, 1984
Apr–Dec 1988 9-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1926, 1938
Mar–Dec 1988 10-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1969, 1972
Feb–Dec 1988 11-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1926, 1939, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1993
Jan–Dec 1988 12-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1947, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1992
Jul 1987–Dec 1988 18-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1941, 1942, 1964, 1983, 1991
Jan 1987–Dec 1988 24-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1913
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1899, 1905, 1909, 1916, 1931, 1933, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1973
Jan 1986–Dec 1988 36-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1914
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1967, 1969, 1993
Jan 1985–Dec 1988 48-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018, 2020
	Ties: Numerous
Jan 1984–Dec 1988 60-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915, 1916
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1924, 1926, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/