Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1973
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1973 1-Month |
10.6°F (-11.9°C) | 12.7°F (-10.7°C) |
-2.1°F (-1.2°C) | 44th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1927 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1939 | ||||
Ties: 1958 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
16.2°F (-8.8°C) | 19.6°F (-6.9°C) |
-3.4°F (-1.9°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1927 |
103rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1999 | ||||
Ties: 1989 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
26.9°F (-2.8°C) | 27.8°F (-2.3°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1919 |
82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1999 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1971 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
33.9°F (1.1°C) | 34.9°F (1.6°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1896 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 2008 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
41.3°F (5.2°C) | 41.2°F (5.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1896 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1971 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
45.8°F (7.7°C) | 45.9°F (7.7°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1896 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1918, 2018 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
48.3°F (9.1°C) | 48.3°F (9.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1985 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1918 | ||||||
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 49.0°F (9.4°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1927 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1970, 1977 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
48.1°F (8.9°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1927 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1987 | ||||
Ties: 1912, 1920 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
46.8°F (8.2°C) | 45.8°F (7.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1951 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1957 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
44.3°F (6.8°C) | 42.8°F (6.0°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1951 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 1987 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1980, 2007 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
41.8°F (5.4°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
2.1°F (1.1°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1950 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 1987 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
42.2°F (5.7°C) | 41.8°F (5.4°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1951 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1930, 1957, 1995, 2018 | ||||||
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
39.7°F (4.3°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1951 |
64th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1975, 2010 | ||||||
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
39.5°F (4.2°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1951 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1947 | ||||||
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
39.2°F (4.0°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1899 |
87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1966 | 1990, 2001, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1997 | ||||||
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
39.1°F (3.9°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1899 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1927, 1929, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/