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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 2019

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2019 1-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1932, 1990
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1958
	Ties: 1934, 1957
Nov–Dec 2019 2-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1994
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1995
	Ties: 2018
Oct–Dec 2019 3-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1916
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1995, 2014
	Ties: 2003
Sep–Dec 2019 4-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1916
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2020
	Ties: 1943, 1953, 1959, 2005, 2010
Aug–Dec 2019 5-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1916
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2020
Jul–Dec 2019 6-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1916
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1977
Jun–Dec 2019 7-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1916
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2020
	Ties: 1937, 1977, 2013
May–Dec 2019 8-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1916
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1936, 1959, 1967, 1988, 1999
Apr–Dec 2019 9-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1916
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2014, 2020
	Ties: 1934, 1950
Mar–Dec 2019 10-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1912
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2014
	Ties: 1936, 1940, 1950, 1958, 1988, 1989, 2009
Feb–Dec 2019 11-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1911
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2014
	Ties: 1977, 1991
Jan–Dec 2019 12-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1911
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2014
Jul 2018–Dec 2019 18-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1912
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2015
	Ties: 2002
Jan 2018–Dec 2019 24-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2012	1912
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2015
	Ties: 1997
Jan 2017–Dec 2019 36-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1913
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2016
Jan 2016–Dec 2019 48-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1912, 1914
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 2020, 2021
Jan 2015–Dec 2019 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912, 1913
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2018

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/