Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1940
View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860
Download:
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1940 1-Month |
36.05°F (2.25°C) | 32.68°F (0.38°C) |
3.37°F (1.87°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1983 |
| 15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month |
37.53°F (3.07°C) | 37.19°F (2.88°C) |
0.34°F (0.19°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 2000 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month |
43.71°F (6.51°C) | 42.83°F (6.02°C) |
0.88°F (0.49°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1898 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1918, 1950 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month |
49.12°F (9.51°C) | 48.34°F (9.08°C) |
0.78°F (0.43°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month |
53.72°F (12.07°C) | 53.09°F (11.72°C) |
0.63°F (0.35°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1987, 2002 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month |
57.13°F (13.96°C) | 56.51°F (13.62°C) |
0.62°F (0.34°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month |
58.91°F (14.95°C) | 58.22°F (14.57°C) |
0.69°F (0.38°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1940 8-Month |
59.15°F (15.08°C) | 58.47°F (14.71°C) |
0.68°F (0.37°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month |
58.16°F (14.53°C) | 57.64°F (14.24°C) |
0.52°F (0.29°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month |
56.50°F (13.61°C) | 56.03°F (13.35°C) |
0.47°F (0.26°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month |
54.44°F (12.47°C) | 54.01°F (12.23°C) |
0.43°F (0.24°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month |
51.89°F (11.05°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
-0.13°F (-0.07°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month |
54.02°F (12.23°C) | 53.53°F (11.96°C) |
0.49°F (0.27°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month |
52.57°F (11.43°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
0.56°F (0.31°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1917 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month |
52.78°F (11.54°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
0.77°F (0.42°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2009 | ||||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month |
52.47°F (11.37°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
0.47°F (0.26°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1917 |
| 41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month |
52.41°F (11.34°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
0.42°F (0.23°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1920 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/