Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Rhode Island
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2002
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 2002 1-Month |
31.8°F (-0.1°C) | 31.0°F (-0.6°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1989 |
67th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month |
36.8°F (2.7°C) | 36.3°F (2.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904, 1917 |
64th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1940, 1971, 1985, 1997, 2010 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month |
41.5°F (5.3°C) | 41.4°F (5.2°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1968, 1974, 1997 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month |
47.6°F (8.7°C) | 46.6°F (8.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1917 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1912, 1923, 1950, 1996, 2013 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.6°F (0.8°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1957 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 54.2°F (12.3°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1975 | ||||||
May–Dec 2002 8-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2009 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month |
56.1°F (13.4°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1917 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1983, 2009 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 52.7°F (11.5°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1917 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1983, 2005, 2014 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 50.5°F (10.3°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1904 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1973, 2015 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month |
51.2°F (10.7°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1904 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2012 | ||||
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month |
53.2°F (11.8°C) | 50.5°F (10.3°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1904 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2010, 2011 | ||||||
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
2.6°F (1.4°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1905 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 2007, 2019 | ||||||
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1905 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2012 | ||||
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1907 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 2015 | ||||||
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
2.6°F (1.4°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1907 |
8th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2021 | ||||
Ties: 2015, 2018 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/