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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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California

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1986 1-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1932, 1990
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1958
	Ties: 1922, 2013
Nov–Dec 1986 2-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1994
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1995
	Ties: 1921
Oct–Dec 1986 3-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1995, 2014
	Ties: 1903, 1910, 1964, 2010, 2015
Sep–Dec 1986 4-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1947
Aug–Dec 1986 5-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1926, 2004
Jul–Dec 1986 6-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2020
	Ties: 1944, 1951, 1973, 1975
Jun–Dec 1986 7-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1973, 1976
May–Dec 1986 8-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1910, 1933, 1952, 1962, 1976, 1980, 2010
Apr–Dec 1986 9-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1980, 1984
Mar–Dec 1986 10-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2014
	Ties: 1931
Feb–Dec 1986 11-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1911
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2014
	Ties: 1987
Jan–Dec 1986 12-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1911
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2014
	Ties: 1958, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2008
Jul 1985–Dec 1986 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
	Ties: 1936, 1939, 1970, 1978, 2010
Jan 1985–Dec 1986 24-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2015
Jan 1984–Dec 1986 36-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2016
	Ties: 1940, 1941, 1991
Jan 1983–Dec 1986 48-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912, 1914
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1959, 1962
Jan 1982–Dec 1986 60-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912, 1913
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1970, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/