Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1951
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1951 1-Month |
31.23°F (-0.43°C) | 32.68°F (0.38°C) |
-1.45°F (-0.81°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1983 |
| 94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1951 2-Month |
34.66°F (1.48°C) | 37.19°F (2.88°C) |
-2.53°F (-1.40°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 2000 |
| 118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 1999 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1951 3-Month |
41.10°F (5.06°C) | 42.83°F (6.02°C) |
-1.73°F (-0.96°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1932 | 1898 |
| 114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1951 4-Month |
46.85°F (8.25°C) | 48.34°F (9.08°C) |
-1.49°F (-0.83°C) | 10th Coolest | Coolest since: 1932 | 1976 |
| 116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1951 5-Month |
51.86°F (11.03°C) | 53.09°F (11.72°C) |
-1.23°F (-0.69°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1976 |
| 115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1951 6-Month |
55.50°F (13.06°C) | 56.51°F (13.62°C) |
-1.01°F (-0.56°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1976 |
| 114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1951 7-Month |
57.09°F (13.94°C) | 58.22°F (14.57°C) |
-1.13°F (-0.63°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1916 | 1976 |
| 117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1951 8-Month |
57.55°F (14.19°C) | 58.47°F (14.71°C) |
-0.92°F (-0.52°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1951 9-Month |
56.68°F (13.71°C) | 57.64°F (14.24°C) |
-0.96°F (-0.53°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
| 115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1898 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1951 10-Month |
54.87°F (12.71°C) | 56.03°F (13.35°C) |
-1.16°F (-0.64°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1917 |
| 120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1951 11-Month |
53.02°F (11.68°C) | 54.01°F (12.23°C) |
-0.99°F (-0.55°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1917 |
| 118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1951 12-Month |
51.12°F (10.62°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
-0.90°F (-0.50°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1917 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 1950–Dec 1951 18-Month |
52.74°F (11.52°C) | 53.52°F (11.96°C) |
-0.78°F (-0.44°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1917 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1950–Dec 1951 24-Month |
51.25°F (10.69°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
-0.76°F (-0.43°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1917 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1949–Dec 1951 36-Month |
51.51°F (10.84°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
-0.50°F (-0.28°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1917 |
| 105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1948–Dec 1951 48-Month |
51.53°F (10.85°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.46°F (-0.26°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Jan 1947–Dec 1951 60-Month |
51.61°F (10.89°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.38°F (-0.22°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1920 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published October 2020, retrieved on October 20, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/