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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1938

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1938 1-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1932, 1990
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1958
	Ties: 1896, 1996
Nov–Dec 1938 2-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1994
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1995
Oct–Dec 1938 3-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1995, 2014
	Ties: 1970, 1975, 1978
Sep–Dec 1938 4-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1990, 2007
Aug–Dec 1938 5-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1990
Jul–Dec 1938 6-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1940, 1970, 1987
Jun–Dec 1938 7-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1949, 1970
May–Dec 1938 8-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1931, 1990
Apr–Dec 1938 9-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1916
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1933, 1943, 1954, 1961, 1993, 1994
Mar–Dec 1938 10-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1912
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1914, 1942, 1954, 1968, 1976, 1978
Feb–Dec 1938 11-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1911
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1906, 1917, 1925, 1933, 1945, 1949, 1952
Jan–Dec 1938 12-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1911
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1901, 1906, 1929, 1937, 1951, 1953
Jul 1937–Dec 1938 18-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1987, 1990, 1991
Jan 1937–Dec 1938 24-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1950, 1963
Jan 1936–Dec 1938 36-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1913
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985
Jan 1935–Dec 1938 48-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1912, 1914
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1931, 1935
Jan 1934–Dec 1938 60-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912, 1913
				41st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1963, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/