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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

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Wyoming

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1959 1-Month	25.2°F (-3.8°C)	20.6°F (-6.3°C)	4.6°F (2.5°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1909, 1983
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1980
	Ties: 1999
Nov–Dec 1959 2-Month	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1999
	Ties: 1915
Oct–Dec 1959 3-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1919
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1999
	Ties: 1944, 1945, 1996
Sep–Dec 1959 4-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1919
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1933, 2021
	Ties: 1899, 1914, 1926, 1935, 1964, 2019
Aug–Dec 1959 5-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	41.8°F (5.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1916, 1985
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1915, 1931, 1967
Jul–Dec 1959 6-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1911
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
Jun–Dec 1959 7-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1904
May–Dec 1959 8-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2021
	Ties: 1897, 1926, 1947, 2000
Apr–Dec 1959 9-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1916
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012, 2021
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1955
Mar–Dec 1959 10-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1942, 1947
Feb–Dec 1959 11-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
Jan–Dec 1959 12-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1895
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1947, 2008
Jul 1958–Dec 1959 18-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1912
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1934
Jan 1958–Dec 1959 24-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1947, 2019
Jan 1957–Dec 1959 36-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1913, 1917, 1918
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1962, 1964, 1993
Jan 1956–Dec 1959 48-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1898
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1964, 1977, 1987
Jan 1955–Dec 1959 60-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1899
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2016
	Ties: 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/