Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1970
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1970 1-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 45.6°F (7.6°C) |
2.9°F (1.6°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month |
49.8°F (9.9°C) | 49.3°F (9.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1929 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1942, 1991 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 1931, 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1982, 1994 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month |
63.9°F (17.7°C) | 62.9°F (17.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2007 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month |
66.7°F (19.3°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1993, 2012 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month |
68.1°F (20.1°C) | 67.3°F (19.6°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1976 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1896, 1899, 1932, 1954, 1984 | ||||||
May–Dec 1970 8-Month |
68.4°F (20.2°C) | 67.7°F (19.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917, 1976 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1987, 1991 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month |
67.9°F (19.9°C) | 67.0°F (19.4°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1976 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1936, 1956, 1971, 1978, 1999 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month |
66.5°F (19.2°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1948 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1899, 2001 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month |
64.5°F (18.1°C) | 64.0°F (17.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1957, 1959, 2005 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1901, 1917, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1969 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1943, 1987, 2013 | ||||||
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1968 |
106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1961, 1988, 1996 | ||||||
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1969 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1979, 1981 | ||||||
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1968, 1969 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2017, 2019 | ||||
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1969 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1968 | ||||||
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 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: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1969 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 17, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/