Climate at a Glance
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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2018
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2018 1-Month |
36.2°F (2.3°C) | 34.5°F (1.4°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1989 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2018 2-Month |
38.7°F (3.7°C) | 39.5°F (4.2°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1989 |
| 41st Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1988, 2010 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2018 3-Month |
43.6°F (6.4°C) | 44.3°F (6.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 2002 | 1976 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2018 4-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1976 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2018 5-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1994 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2018 6-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1971 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2018 7-Month |
59.6°F (15.3°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1962, 1976 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1971, 2005, 2017 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2018 8-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1962 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2011, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 2018 9-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1940 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 2018 10-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1940 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2010, 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1973, 2013 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 2018 11-Month |
54.5°F (12.5°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1967 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 2018 12-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Jul 2017–Dec 2018 18-Month |
54.2°F (12.3°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1953, 1998, 2007, 2013 | ||||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2018 24-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1940 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2018 36-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1940 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2018 48-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1942, 1943 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 2011, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2018 60-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1940, 1943 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 7, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/