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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

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Rhode Island

Average Temperature Rankings, December 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
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, 2021
	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, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/