Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Arkansas
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 |
45.6°F (7.6°C) | 41.5°F (5.3°C) |
4.1°F (2.3°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1983 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1933 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month |
46.8°F (8.2°C) | 45.7°F (7.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 2000 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1933 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1899 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1976 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1947, 1949 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 56.5°F (13.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1977, 1982, 2010 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.0°F (16.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1924, 1963, 1985, 2020 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month |
64.0°F (17.8°C) | 64.3°F (17.9°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1924, 1935, 1948, 1951, 1960 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month |
65.5°F (18.6°C) | 66.0°F (18.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1932, 1937, 1981, 1993, 1995 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1940 8-Month |
65.6°F (18.7°C) | 66.3°F (19.1°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1976 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1910, 1920, 1935, 2008, 2013 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month |
64.9°F (18.3°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1976 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1910, 1920, 1935, 2008, 2013 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month |
63.6°F (17.6°C) | 64.3°F (17.9°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.3°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917, 1976 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1926, 1928, 1937, 1972, 2008 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1917 |
| 105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1967, 1996 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1979 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.7°F (16.5°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1968 |
| 96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1962, 1982, 1984 | ||||||
|
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month |
60.3°F (15.7°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1979 |
| 79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1912, 1916, 1950, 1963, 1973 | ||||||
|
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1905 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2017, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1946, 2005 | ||||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1932 | 1905, 1906, 1979 |
| 41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1925, 1927, 1932, 2004, 2015 | ||||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.3°F (15.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1932 | 1906 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1927, 1929, 1931, 1945, 2004 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 14, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/