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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 1949

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1949 1-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1932, 1990
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1958
	Ties: 1927, 1970, 2007
Nov–Dec 1949 2-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1994
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1995
	Ties: 1900, 1959, 1969, 2008, 2013
Oct–Dec 1949 3-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1995, 2014
	Ties: 1896, 1936, 1963, 1993
Sep–Dec 1949 4-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2020
	Ties: 1989, 1997, 2006
Aug–Dec 1949 5-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1932, 1944, 1945, 1960, 1998, 2000
Jul–Dec 1949 6-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1963
Jun–Dec 1949 7-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1938, 1970
May–Dec 1949 8-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1922, 1945
Apr–Dec 1949 9-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1916
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1917, 1974
Mar–Dec 1949 10-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2014
	Ties: 1928
Feb–Dec 1949 11-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1911
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2014
	Ties: 1906, 1917, 1925, 1933, 1938, 1945, 1952
Jan–Dec 1949 12-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1911
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2014
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1944, 1955, 1971
Jul 1948–Dec 1949 18-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1916, 1920
Jan 1948–Dec 1949 24-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1912
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2015
Jan 1947–Dec 1949 36-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2016
	Ties: 1903, 1914, 1922, 1924
Jan 1946–Dec 1949 48-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1923	1912, 1914
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1923
Jan 1945–Dec 1949 60-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912, 1913
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1909, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1948

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/