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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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Tennessee

Average Temperature Rankings, December 2004

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2004 1-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1963
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2015
Nov–Dec 2004 2-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1950, 1976
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1913, 1918, 2003, 2006
Oct–Dec 2004 3-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931
	Ties: 1919
Sep–Dec 2004 4-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	1931
	Ties: 1927, 1990
Aug–Dec 2004 5-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1913, 1915, 1954, 2011
Jul–Dec 2004 6-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1896, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2017
Jun–Dec 2004 7-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1914, 1926, 1946, 1947, 1987, 1991
May–Dec 2004 8-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1918, 1953, 1991
Apr–Dec 2004 9-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1908, 1965, 1978, 2006
Mar–Dec 2004 10-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2016
	Ties: 1896, 1946, 1977, 1986, 2017
Feb–Dec 2004 11-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2016
	Ties: 1896, 1941
Jan–Dec 2004 12-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1921
	Ties: 1900, 1952, 1957
Jul 2003–Dec 2004 18-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1968
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1913, 1923, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1956
Jan 2003–Dec 2004 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1979
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1912, 1952, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1992
Jan 2002–Dec 2004 36-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1968, 1969, 1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1899, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1936, 1946, 1987, 2003, 2005
Jan 2001–Dec 2004 48-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1979
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1925, 1993, 1999
Jan 2000–Dec 2004 60-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1970, 1980
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1924, 1931, 1953, 1954, 2000, 2014

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/