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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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Oklahoma

Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1940 1-Month	31.4°F (-0.3°C)	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1983
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2021
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month	32.8°F (0.4°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1898
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1913, 1931
	Ties: 2010
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	37.5°F (3.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1976
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1931
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1976
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931
	Ties: 1942, 1956, 1960, 1997, 2003
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931
	Ties: 1997
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1976
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1910, 1911, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 2020
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1976
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1910, 1997
May–Dec 1940 8-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1998
	Ties: 1960
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1998
	Ties: 1906, 1949, 1973, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2020
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917, 1976
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1958, 1970
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1998, 2012
	Ties: 1919, 1949, 1971, 1980, 1984, 1992
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1998
	Ties: 1899, 1950
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1980, 1990, 1994, 2009, 2013
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1964, 1974
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1905, 1917, 1918
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1927, 1941, 1943, 2011
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1898, 1906, 1979
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2001, 2018
	Ties: 1924, 1931, 1942, 1954, 2010, 2014
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1899
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2019
	Ties: 1945, 1946, 1958, 1999

Citing This Page

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