Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
California
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2015
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 2015 1-Month |
42.3°F (5.7°C) | 43.1°F (6.2°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 2009 | 1932, 1990 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 1958 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1913 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 2015 2-Month |
45.0°F (7.2°C) | 46.4°F (8.0°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1994 | 1994 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 1995 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1922, 1951 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 2015 3-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 50.7°F (10.4°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 1995, 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1910, 1964, 1986, 2010 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 2015 4-Month |
56.8°F (13.8°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1939, 1979 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 2015 5-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1937 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 2015 6-Month |
63.1°F (17.3°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1939, 1988, 1999, 2002 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 2015 7-Month |
64.7°F (18.2°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
2.2°F (1.3°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 2012, 2016 | ||||||
May–Dec 2015 8-Month |
64.2°F (17.9°C) | 62.2°F (16.8°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
Apr–Dec 2015 9-Month |
63.4°F (17.4°C) | 61.4°F (16.3°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1916 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2014, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 2013 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 2015 10-Month |
62.7°F (17.1°C) | 60.1°F (15.6°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1912 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2014 | ||||
Feb–Dec 2015 11-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 58.8°F (14.9°C) |
3.1°F (1.7°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1911 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 2015 12-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
3.4°F (1.9°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1911 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2014 | ||||
Jul 2014–Dec 2015 18-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 58.8°F (14.9°C) |
3.4°F (1.9°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1912 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Jan 2014–Dec 2015 24-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1912 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Jan 2013–Dec 2015 36-Month |
60.5°F (15.8°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
3.1°F (1.7°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1913 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jan 2012–Dec 2015 48-Month |
60.3°F (15.7°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.9°F (1.6°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1912, 1914 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Jan 2011–Dec 2015 60-Month |
59.7°F (15.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1912, 1913 |
7th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 30, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/