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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 2015

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2015 1-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	8.5°F (4.7°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1983
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2021
Nov–Dec 2015 2-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	6.4°F (3.6°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	2000
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Oct–Dec 2015 3-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	1931
Sep–Dec 2015 4-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	1931
	Ties: 2021
Aug–Dec 2015 5-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931
	Ties: 1998
Jul–Dec 2015 6-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1954
Jun–Dec 2015 7-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1998
May–Dec 2015 8-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1998
Apr–Dec 2015 9-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1998
	Ties: 1954, 2016
Mar–Dec 2015 10-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917, 1976
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Feb–Dec 2015 11-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1931, 1991, 2005, 2018
Jan–Dec 2015 12-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1979
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1956
Jul 2014–Dec 2015 18-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1968
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1919, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1974
Jan 2014–Dec 2015 24-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1979
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1902, 1915, 1996
Jan 2013–Dec 2015 36-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1905
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1918, 1919, 1963, 1971, 1989, 1994, 1997
Jan 2012–Dec 2015 48-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1905, 1906, 1979
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2018
	Ties: 1909, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1940, 2004
Jan 2011–Dec 2015 60-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1906
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1900, 1942, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2017

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/