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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1946 1-Month	12.6°F (-10.8°C)	12.7°F (-10.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1927
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1939
Nov–Dec 1946 2-Month	18.5°F (-7.5°C)	19.6°F (-6.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1927
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1999
	Ties: 1958
Oct–Dec 1946 3-Month	25.5°F (-3.6°C)	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1919
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1999
Sep–Dec 1946 4-Month	33.2°F (0.7°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1896
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2015
	Ties: 1909, 1924, 1961, 1977, 1995
Aug–Dec 1946 5-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1896
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2015
	Ties: 1932
Jul–Dec 1946 6-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1896
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2015
	Ties: 1925
Jun–Dec 1946 7-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1985
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2021
	Ties: 1968
May–Dec 1946 8-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1927
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2021
	Ties: 1955
Apr–Dec 1946 9-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1927
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1987
	Ties: 1918, 1925, 1928, 1947, 1955
Mar–Dec 1946 10-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1951
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1913, 1937
Feb–Dec 1946 11-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1951
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1987
	Ties: 1925, 1943, 1974, 1992
Jan–Dec 1946 12-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1950
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1987
	Ties: 1940, 1944
Jul 1945–Dec 1946 18-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1951
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2016
	Ties: 1925, 1947, 1997
Jan 1945–Dec 1946 24-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1951
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1945, 1968
Jan 1944–Dec 1946 36-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1951
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1974
Jan 1943–Dec 1946 48-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1899
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1990, 2001, 2018
	Ties: 1921, 1922, 1928, 1937, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1974, 1985
Jan 1942–Dec 1946 60-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1899
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1991
	Ties: 1925, 1937, 1960, 1980

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/