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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, December 2010

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2010 1-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1932, 1990
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	1958
Nov–Dec 2010 2-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1994
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1995
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1940, 1943, 1983, 2001, 2007
Oct–Dec 2010 3-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1916
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1995, 2014
	Ties: 1903, 1910, 1964, 1986, 2015
Sep–Dec 2010 4-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1916
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2020
	Ties: 1943, 1953, 1959, 2005, 2019
Aug–Dec 2010 5-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1916
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2020
	Ties: 1955, 1987, 1997, 2009
Jul–Dec 2010 6-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1916
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2020
	Ties: 1934
Jun–Dec 2010 7-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1916
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2020
	Ties: 1936, 2007, 2009
May–Dec 2010 8-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1916
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1910, 1933, 1952, 1962, 1976, 1980, 1986
Apr–Dec 2010 9-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1916
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1951, 1967, 1970, 1976, 2011
Mar–Dec 2010 10-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1912
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2014
	Ties: 1921, 1970, 1985, 2011
Feb–Dec 2010 11-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1911
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2014
	Ties: 1904, 1954, 1973
Jan–Dec 2010 12-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1911
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2014
	Ties: 1910, 1928, 1979, 1993
Jul 2009–Dec 2010 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2015
	Ties: 1936, 1939, 1970, 1978, 1986
Jan 2009–Dec 2010 24-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2015
	Ties: 1935
Jan 2008–Dec 2010 36-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1913
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2016
	Ties: 1992, 1998
Jan 2007–Dec 2010 48-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912, 1914
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2017
	Ties: 1998
Jan 2006–Dec 2010 60-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1912, 1913
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2018
	Ties: 2013

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/