Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1959 1-Month |
44.2°F (6.8°C) | 43.1°F (6.2°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1956 | 1932, 1990 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 1958 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1901, 1946 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1959 2-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 46.4°F (8.0°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1994 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 1995 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1949, 1969, 2008, 2013 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1959 3-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 50.7°F (10.4°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 1995, 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 2001 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1959 4-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1943, 1953, 2005, 2010, 2019 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1959 5-Month |
59.8°F (15.4°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1959 6-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1980, 1981, 2006 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1959 7-Month |
64.0°F (17.8°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
1.5°F (0.9°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1950 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1959 8-Month |
63.4°F (17.4°C) | 62.2°F (16.8°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1936, 1967, 1988, 1999, 2019 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1959 9-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 61.3°F (16.3°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1916 |
| 19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2014, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1959 10-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 60.1°F (15.6°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1912 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1959 11-Month |
60.2°F (15.7°C) | 58.8°F (14.9°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1911 |
| 22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1988, 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1959 12-Month |
59.0°F (15.0°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1911 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2014 | ||||
|
Jul 1958–Dec 1959 18-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 58.8°F (14.9°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1912 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Jan 1958–Dec 1959 24-Month |
58.9°F (14.9°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.6°F (0.8°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1912 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2008, 2009 | ||||||
|
Jan 1957–Dec 1959 36-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1913 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1961, 1981, 1990, 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan 1956–Dec 1959 48-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1912, 1914 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1962, 1986 | ||||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1959 60-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1912, 1913 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1943 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
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/