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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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Colorado

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1980 1-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	25.2°F (-3.8°C)	9.6°F (5.4°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1909
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1980
Nov–Dec 1980 2-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	29.3°F (-1.5°C)	5.5°F (3.1°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1972
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2021
Oct–Dec 1980 3-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	3.3°F (1.9°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2021
	Ties: 1962
Sep–Dec 1980 4-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 1921, 1950, 1998
Aug–Dec 1980 5-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1898
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 1963, 1995, 2001
Jul–Dec 1980 6-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2021
	Ties: 1998
Jun–Dec 1980 7-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1977
May–Dec 1980 8-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1958, 1998, 2015
Apr–Dec 1980 9-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1936, 1962, 2014
Mar–Dec 1980 10-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1996
Feb–Dec 1980 11-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1986, 2004
Jan–Dec 1980 12-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1953, 1990
Jul 1979–Dec 1980 18-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1912
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1934
	Ties: 1936, 1950, 2010
Jan 1979–Dec 1980 24-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1913
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1907, 1960, 1962, 1970
Jan 1978–Dec 1980 36-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1913, 1914
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1944, 1957, 1967
Jan 1977–Dec 1980 48-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1915
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1938
Jan 1976–Dec 1980 60-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1916
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1942, 1983, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/