Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Pacific Northwest Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1988
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1988 1-Month |
27.5°F (-2.5°C) | 28.1°F (-2.2°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1990 |
82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1917 | ||||
Ties: 1960, 2007 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1988 2-Month |
31.2°F (-0.4°C) | 31.3°F (-0.4°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1985 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1917 | ||||
Ties: 2011 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1988 3-Month |
38.3°F (3.5°C) | 36.1°F (2.3°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1985 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 1917 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1988 4-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 41.1°F (5.1°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1985 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1917 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 1974, 2001 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1988 5-Month |
47.0°F (8.3°C) | 45.5°F (7.5°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1985 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1917, 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1962, 2011 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1988 6-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1985 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1906, 1950, 1979, 2018 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1988 7-Month |
51.3°F (10.7°C) | 49.7°F (9.8°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1916 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 2006 | ||||||
May–Dec 1988 8-Month |
51.2°F (10.7°C) | 49.8°F (9.9°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1916 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1979, 2004 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1988 9-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 49.0°F (9.4°C) |
1.5°F (0.9°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1916 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1988 10-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 47.7°F (8.7°C) |
1.5°F (0.9°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1916 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2001, 2007 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1988 11-Month |
47.8°F (8.8°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1955 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 2007 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1988 12-Month |
45.9°F (7.7°C) | 44.4°F (6.9°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1916 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1981, 1986 | ||||||
Jul 1987–Dec 1988 18-Month |
47.2°F (8.4°C) | 45.9°F (7.7°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1985 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1999 | ||||||
Jan 1987–Dec 1988 24-Month |
46.2°F (7.9°C) | 44.5°F (6.9°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1987, 1992 | ||||||
Jan 1986–Dec 1988 36-Month |
46.1°F (7.8°C) | 44.5°F (6.9°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1913 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Jan 1985–Dec 1988 48-Month |
45.1°F (7.3°C) | 44.4°F (6.9°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1913, 1914, 1919 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1968, 2010, 2012 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1988 60-Month |
44.8°F (7.1°C) | 44.5°F (6.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1913 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1981 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1967 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 11, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/