Climate at a Glance
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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2001
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2001 1-Month |
40.5°F (4.7°C) | 34.4°F (1.3°C) |
6.1°F (3.4°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1989 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 2001 2-Month |
44.4°F (6.9°C) | 39.5°F (4.2°C) |
4.9°F (2.7°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1989 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 2001 3-Month |
48.3°F (9.1°C) | 44.2°F (6.8°C) |
4.1°F (2.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2011, 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 2001 4-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
3.2°F (1.7°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Aug–Dec 2001 5-Month |
56.8°F (13.8°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 2001 6-Month |
59.0°F (15.0°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
6th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2011 | ||||
Jun–Dec 2001 7-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1962, 1976 |
5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2011 | ||||
May–Dec 2001 8-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1962 |
5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2011, 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 2001 9-Month |
59.3°F (15.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2011 | ||||
Mar–Dec 2001 10-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2010, 2011 | ||||
Feb–Dec 2001 11-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 53.2°F (11.8°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1967 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2006 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 2001 12-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2012, 2020 | ||||
Jul 2000–Dec 2001 18-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2012 | ||||
Jan 2000–Dec 2001 24-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1940 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2000 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1954, 2014 | ||||||
Jan 1999–Dec 2001 36-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1940 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2000 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2002, 2016 | ||||||
Jan 1998–Dec 2001 48-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1942, 1943 |
8th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 2002, 2015, 2017 | ||||||
Jan 1997–Dec 2001 60-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940, 1943 |
13th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2014 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/