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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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Oklahoma

Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1972 1-Month	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1983
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2021
	Ties: 1897
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1898
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1913, 1931
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	37.5°F (3.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.2°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1976
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1908, 1909, 1929
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1905, 1908, 1912, 1943, 1951, 1996
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1908, 1945, 1959, 1966, 1974, 1979, 2009
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931, 1998
	Ties: 1908, 1916, 1983, 1995
May–Dec 1972 8-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1998
	Ties: 1924, 1932, 1995
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1976
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1998
	Ties: 1932, 1951, 2008
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917, 1976
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1959, 1967
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1998, 2012
	Ties: 1929, 1932, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1969
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1998
	Ties: 1949, 1967, 1985, 2008
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1907, 1910, 1915, 1945, 1995
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1952, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1994
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1905, 1917, 1918
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1967, 1997
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1898, 1906, 1979
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2001, 2018
	Ties: 1902, 1908, 1915, 1960, 1967, 1975, 1990, 1997
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1899
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1952, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/