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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1969

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1969 1-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
Nov–Dec 1969 2-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-3.1°F (-1.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
Oct–Dec 1969 3-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1952, 1955, 1980
Sep–Dec 1969 4-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1914, 1967
Aug–Dec 1969 5-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2007
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1937, 1963, 1967, 2000
Jul–Dec 1969 6-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1974
Jun–Dec 1969 7-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1962, 1997
May–Dec 1969 8-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.7°F (19.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917, 1976
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1937, 1950, 1981, 1992
Apr–Dec 1969 9-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1920, 2000
Mar–Dec 1969 10-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1950, 1960, 1967
Feb–Dec 1969 11-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 1960, 1967
Jan–Dec 1969 12-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1901, 1917, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1969
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1917, 1958, 1963, 1966
Jul 1968–Dec 1969 18-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1968
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1917
Jan 1968–Dec 1969 24-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1969
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
Jan 1967–Dec 1969 36-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1968, 1969
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017, 2019
	Ties: 1968
Jan 1966–Dec 1969 48-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1969
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2019
Jan 1965–Dec 1969 60-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1969, 1970
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2020
	Ties: 1970

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/