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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 1917

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1917 1-Month	34.0°F (1.1°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	-7.5°F (-4.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1983
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2021
Nov–Dec 1917 2-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	2000
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2015
	Ties: 1972
Oct–Dec 1917 3-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1931
Sep–Dec 1917 4-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-3.9°F (-2.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1931
Aug–Dec 1917 5-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1931
Jul–Dec 1917 6-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	-3.2°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1931, 1998
Jun–Dec 1917 7-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	66.0°F (18.9°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1998
May–Dec 1917 8-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1998
Apr–Dec 1917 9-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1998
Mar–Dec 1917 10-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917, 1976
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1976
Feb–Dec 1917 11-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
Jan–Dec 1917 12-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1979
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
Jul 1916–Dec 1917 18-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1968
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1904, 1905, 1958, 1979, 1993
Jan 1916–Dec 1917 24-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1979
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1913, 1970, 1993, 1997
Jan 1915–Dec 1917 36-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1905
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1976, 1981, 1984, 1985
Jan 1914–Dec 1917 48-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1905, 1906, 1979
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2018
	Ties: 1915, 1920, 1984
Jan 1913–Dec 1917 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1906
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1916, 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 October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/