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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 1990

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1990 1-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1932, 1990
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	1958
	Ties: 1932
Nov–Dec 1990 2-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1994
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	1995
	Ties: 1984
Oct–Dec 1990 3-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	1995, 2014
Sep–Dec 1990 4-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2020
	Ties: 1938, 2007
Aug–Dec 1990 5-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2020
	Ties: 1938
Jul–Dec 1990 6-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1916
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1910, 1926, 1955, 1976
Jun–Dec 1990 7-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1945, 1983
May–Dec 1990 8-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2020
	Ties: 1931, 1938
Apr–Dec 1990 9-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1916
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1910, 1931, 1991, 1999
Mar–Dec 1990 10-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1912
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2014
	Ties: 1910
Feb–Dec 1990 11-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1911
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2014
	Ties: 1979
Jan–Dec 1990 12-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1911
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2014
	Ties: 1960, 1966, 1977, 1994, 1999
Jul 1989–Dec 1990 18-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1938, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1987, 1991
Jan 1989–Dec 1990 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1958, 1991
Jan 1988–Dec 1990 36-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2016
	Ties: 1959, 1961, 1981, 1994
Jan 1987–Dec 1990 48-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1912, 1914
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	2017
	Ties: 1988, 1993, 1994, 1999
Jan 1986–Dec 1990 60-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1912, 1913
				23rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1992, 1995, 2000, 2011

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/