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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1970 1-Month	20.0°F (-6.7°C)	20.6°F (-6.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1909, 1983
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1980
	Ties: 1901
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month	25.0°F (-3.9°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1999
	Ties: 1923, 2018
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1919
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1999
	Ties: 1925, 1990, 1992, 2019
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	36.5°F (2.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1919
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1933, 2021
	Ties: 1909
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	41.8°F (5.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1916, 1985
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1913, 1930, 1992
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1911
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1918, 1923
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1916
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1897, 1906, 1930
May–Dec 1970 8-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1916
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1944
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1916
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012, 2021
	Ties: 1929, 1985
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1908, 1923, 1975
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1973
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1895
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1919, 2019
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1912
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1918, 1937, 1947, 2019
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
	Ties: 1922, 1966, 1978, 1993
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1913, 1917, 1918
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1946, 1957, 1974, 1980
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1898
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1921, 1947, 1953, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1899
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1947, 1978, 1985

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/