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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 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1987 1-Month	32.8°F (0.4°C)	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	3.9°F (2.1°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1989
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
Nov–Dec 1987 2-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	34.1°F (1.2°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1941, 1946, 1984
Oct–Dec 1987 3-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2015
	Ties: 1965, 1986
Sep–Dec 1987 4-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1915, 1936, 1939, 1986, 2013
Aug–Dec 1987 5-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1996
Jul–Dec 1987 6-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1976
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1906, 1912, 1939
Jun–Dec 1987 7-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1936, 1939
May–Dec 1987 8-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1982, 1990
Apr–Dec 1987 9-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1973, 1990
Mar–Dec 1987 10-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2021
	Ties: 1946, 1949, 2017
Feb–Dec 1987 11-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1922
Jan–Dec 1987 12-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1998, 2012
	Ties: 1898, 1900, 1932, 1933, 1959
Jul 1986–Dec 1987 18-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1933, 1942, 1983
Jan 1986–Dec 1987 24-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
Jan 1985–Dec 1987 36-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905, 1926
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1922, 1934, 2005
Jan 1984–Dec 1987 48-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1907
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2021
	Ties: 1921, 1931, 1994
Jan 1983–Dec 1987 60-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905, 1907
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1922, 1923, 1931, 1950, 1952

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/