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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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Pennsylvania

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1976

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1976 1-Month	22.8°F (-5.1°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	-6.1°F (-3.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1989
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Nov–Dec 1976 2-Month	28.0°F (-2.2°C)	34.1°F (1.2°C)	-6.1°F (-3.4°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1989
Oct–Dec 1976 3-Month	33.9°F (1.1°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-5.8°F (-3.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Sep–Dec 1976 4-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-5.0°F (-2.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Aug–Dec 1976 5-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-4.4°F (-2.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Jul–Dec 1976 6-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931, 2015
Jun–Dec 1976 7-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
May–Dec 1976 8-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Apr–Dec 1976 9-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	-2.5°F (-1.3°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1907
Mar–Dec 1976 10-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1904
Feb–Dec 1976 11-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
Jan–Dec 1976 12-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1998, 2012
Jul 1975–Dec 1976 18-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1904
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1912, 1914, 1916, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1982
Jan 1975–Dec 1976 24-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1906, 1929, 1943, 1951, 1993
Jan 1974–Dec 1976 36-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905, 1926
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1920, 1941, 1945, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997
Jan 1973–Dec 1976 48-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1907
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1924, 1946, 1989
Jan 1972–Dec 1976 60-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1905, 1907
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1938, 1959, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/