Climate at a Glance
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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2002
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2002 1-Month |
33.1°F (0.6°C) | 34.4°F (1.3°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1989 |
| 51st Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month |
38.0°F (3.3°C) | 39.5°F (4.2°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.9°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1989 |
| 53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1978, 2013 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 44.2°F (6.8°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
| 61st Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 49.3°F (9.6°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 1996 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 57.1°F (13.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1976 |
| 22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1949, 1959, 2017, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1962, 1976 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2002 8-Month |
58.9°F (14.9°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1962 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1952, 1973, 2019 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1952, 2019 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month |
56.1°F (13.4°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1940 |
| 19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2010, 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1967 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1957 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month |
52.9°F (11.6°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1998 | 2012, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2001, 2016 | ||||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1942, 1943 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 2001, 2015, 2017 | ||||||
|
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1940, 1943 |
| 7th 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 February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/