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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 2012

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2012 1-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	6.4°F (3.6°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1963
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2015
Nov–Dec 2012 2-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1950, 1976
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	2015
	Ties: 2020
Oct–Dec 2012 3-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1913, 1991, 2018
Sep–Dec 2012 4-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1954, 1959
Aug–Dec 2012 5-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 2010
Jul–Dec 2012 6-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1976
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1923, 1926, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1970, 1982, 2010
Jun–Dec 2012 7-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1976
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931
	Ties: 1918, 1953
May–Dec 2012 8-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	1931, 2016
	Ties: 1896, 1971
Apr–Dec 2012 9-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1976
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2011	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1954, 1991
Mar–Dec 2012 10-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
Feb–Dec 2012 11-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2016
Jan–Dec 2012 12-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	1921
	Ties: 2016
Jul 2011–Dec 2012 18-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1968
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016, 2017
Jan 2011–Dec 2012 24-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1979
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2017
	Ties: 2020
Jan 2010–Dec 2012 36-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1968, 1969, 1978
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2017, 2018
Jan 2009–Dec 2012 48-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1979
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2019
	Ties: 1923, 1935
Jan 2008–Dec 2012 60-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1970, 1980
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2020
	Ties: 2001, 2006

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/