Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
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, published June 2022, retrieved on July 5, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/