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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1946 1-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1932, 1990
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1958
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1959
Nov–Dec 1946 2-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1994
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1995
	Ties: 1987
Oct–Dec 1946 3-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1916
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1995, 2014
	Ties: 1948
Sep–Dec 1946 4-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1916
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1930
Aug–Dec 1946 5-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1916
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1902, 1982
Jul–Dec 1946 6-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1916
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1907, 1908
Jun–Dec 1946 7-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1916
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1905, 1925, 1965
May–Dec 1946 8-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1916
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1972
Apr–Dec 1946 9-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1916
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014, 2020
Mar–Dec 1946 10-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1912
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014
	Ties: 1898, 1913, 1918, 1925
Feb–Dec 1946 11-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1911
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014
	Ties: 1907, 1964
Jan–Dec 1946 12-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1911
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014
	Ties: 1898, 1915, 1933, 1965, 1998
Jul 1945–Dec 1946 18-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1927, 1945, 1982, 1983, 1998
Jan 1945–Dec 1946 24-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1910, 1914, 1955, 1975, 1976, 1983
Jan 1944–Dec 1946 36-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1913
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1910, 1950
Jan 1943–Dec 1946 48-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1912, 1914
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1906, 1944, 1956, 1957
Jan 1942–Dec 1946 60-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1912, 1913
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2018
	Ties: 1951, 1955, 1957

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/