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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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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1970

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