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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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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1916

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1916 1-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1983
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2021
	Ties: 1962, 1995
Nov–Dec 1916 2-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	2000
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2015
	Ties: 1936, 1996
Oct–Dec 1916 3-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1976
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1953, 1977, 2019
Sep–Dec 1916 4-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1976
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1944, 2014
Aug–Dec 1916 5-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1976
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1931
	Ties: 1988
Jul–Dec 1916 6-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1913	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1918, 1926, 1942, 2004
Jun–Dec 1916 7-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	66.0°F (18.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1976
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	1998
	Ties: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1987, 1991
May–Dec 1916 8-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1913	1998
	Ties: 1902, 1964, 1984, 1986, 2003
Apr–Dec 1916 9-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1998
	Ties: 1973, 1984
Mar–Dec 1916 10-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1917, 1976
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1913	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1943, 1982, 1994, 2020
Feb–Dec 1916 11-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1971, 1984, 1985, 2003
Jan–Dec 1916 12-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1979
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1935, 1955, 1977
Jul 1915–Dec 1916 18-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1968
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1910, 1914, 1948, 1949, 1990, 2001, 2008
Jan 1915–Dec 1916 24-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1979
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1907, 1912, 1940, 1950, 1963, 1973
Jan 1914–Dec 1916 36-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1905
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1913	2012, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1920, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1966, 1974, 2010
Jan 1913–Dec 1916 48-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1905, 1906, 1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1952, 1958, 1990
Jan 1912–Dec 1916 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1906
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1917, 1919, 1920, 1977, 1986

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/