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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1956 1-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	2010
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1906, 2012
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month	65.4°F (18.6°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1897, 1900, 1927, 1940
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1983
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1924, 1955, 1960
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month	72.6°F (22.6°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1906, 1924, 1955, 1975, 1977
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month	73.5°F (23.1°C)	73.7°F (23.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1940, 1952, 1957
May–Dec 1956 8-Month	73.9°F (23.3°C)	73.9°F (23.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1977, 1983, 1997
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month	73.2°F (22.9°C)	73.3°F (22.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1925, 1929, 1954, 1960, 1967, 1989
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month	72.2°F (22.3°C)	72.4°F (22.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1901
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1934, 1944, 1952, 1993
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month	71.5°F (21.9°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1901
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1944, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1992
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1901
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1900, 1902, 1931, 1979, 1980, 1996
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month	70.8°F (21.6°C)	71.0°F (21.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1910
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1935, 1943, 1955, 1983
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1969
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1907, 1919, 1965, 1976
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1903
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 1898, 1900, 1907, 1921, 1935, 1945
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1904
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1922, 1955, 1957, 1973, 1976
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1904, 1905
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1923, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1955, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/