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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1985
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1985 1-Month |
30.3°F (-0.9°C) | 34.5°F (1.4°C) |
-4.2°F (-2.3°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1989 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1985 2-Month |
37.4°F (3.0°C) | 39.5°F (4.2°C) |
-2.1°F (-1.2°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1989 |
| 61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1960, 1961 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1985 3-Month |
43.1°F (6.2°C) | 44.3°F (6.8°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.6°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1964, 1969, 1993 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1985 4-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1947, 1951 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1985 5-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.8°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
| 60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1985 6-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 57.1°F (13.9°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.6°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
| 61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1956, 1969, 1987 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1985 7-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1962, 1976 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1937, 1981 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1985 8-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1962 |
| 66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1937, 1964, 1968 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1985 9-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.7°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1940 |
| 63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1985 10-Month |
54.5°F (12.5°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1940 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2010, 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1942, 1947, 1984, 1995 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1985 11-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 53.2°F (11.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1967 |
| 50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1961, 1988 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1985 12-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 24th Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1940 |
| 62nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2012, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1964 | ||||||
|
Jul 1984–Dec 1985 18-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1940 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1955, 1966 | ||||||
|
Jan 1984–Dec 1985 24-Month |
50.3°F (10.2°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1940 |
| 50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1938, 1958, 1961, 1971 | ||||||
|
Jan 1983–Dec 1985 36-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1940 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1993, 1995, 1996 | ||||||
|
Jan 1982–Dec 1985 48-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1942, 1943 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Jan 1981–Dec 1985 60-Month |
50.4°F (10.2°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1940, 1943 |
| 46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1973 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1996 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/