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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 2018

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2018 1-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1983
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2021
	Ties: 1936
Nov–Dec 2018 2-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	2000
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2015
	Ties: 1958, 2008
Oct–Dec 2018 3-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1931
	Ties: 1970, 1974
Sep–Dec 2018 4-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1931
	Ties: 2011
Aug–Dec 2018 5-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1931
	Ties: 1910, 1928, 1953, 1987, 2002
Jul–Dec 2018 6-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1907, 1982
Jun–Dec 2018 7-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	66.0°F (18.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1976
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1998
	Ties: 1909, 1913, 1965, 1973, 1977, 1990
May–Dec 2018 8-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1976
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1998
	Ties: 1941
Apr–Dec 2018 9-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1976
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1998
	Ties: 1978, 2019
Mar–Dec 2018 10-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917, 1976
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1927, 1931, 1953, 1963, 1991, 2001
Feb–Dec 2018 11-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1931, 1991, 2005, 2015
Jan–Dec 2018 12-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1979
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1941, 2001, 2010, 2019
Jul 2017–Dec 2018 18-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1968
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1923, 1946, 1957, 1986, 2004, 2019
Jan 2017–Dec 2018 24-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1979
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012, 2017
	Ties: 2007
Jan 2016–Dec 2018 36-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1905
				1st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 2012, 2017
Jan 2015–Dec 2018 48-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1905, 1906, 1979
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Jan 2014–Dec 2018 60-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1906
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1925, 1938, 1939, 1955, 2008, 2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/