Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1986
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1986 1-Month |
20.8°F (-6.2°C) | 12.7°F (-10.7°C) |
8.1°F (4.5°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1927 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 1939 | ||||
Ties: 2002, 2018 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1986 2-Month |
21.0°F (-6.1°C) | 19.5°F (-6.9°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1927 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 1999 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2007, 2017 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1986 3-Month |
29.0°F (-1.7°C) | 27.7°F (-2.4°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1919 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 1999 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1986 4-Month |
35.0°F (1.7°C) | 34.9°F (1.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1896 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2012 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1986 5-Month |
41.0°F (5.0°C) | 41.3°F (5.2°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1896 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1961, 1965 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1986 6-Month |
45.5°F (7.5°C) | 45.9°F (7.7°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1896 |
87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1912, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2019 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1986 7-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 48.3°F (9.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1985 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1976, 1989, 2014 | ||||||
May–Dec 1986 8-Month |
49.3°F (9.6°C) | 49.0°F (9.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1927 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1961, 1969, 1976 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1986 9-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1927 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 1987 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1986 10-Month |
47.1°F (8.4°C) | 45.8°F (7.7°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1951 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1990 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1986 11-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 42.7°F (5.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.7°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1951 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 1987 | ||||
Ties: 1994, 2011 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1986 12-Month |
41.7°F (5.4°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1950 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 1987 | ||||
Jul 1985–Dec 1986 18-Month |
41.5°F (5.3°C) | 41.8°F (5.4°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1951 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1913, 2013 | ||||||
Jan 1985–Dec 1986 24-Month |
40.0°F (4.4°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1951 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1947, 1959 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1986 36-Month |
40.3°F (4.6°C) | 39.7°F (4.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1951 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1923 | ||||||
Jan 1983–Dec 1986 48-Month |
40.5°F (4.7°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1899 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1990, 2001, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1994, 2020 | ||||||
Jan 1982–Dec 1986 60-Month |
40.0°F (4.4°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1899 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1945, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1998 |
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/