Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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New England Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1987
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1987 1-Month |
25.6°F (-3.6°C) | 21.6°F (-5.8°C) |
4.0°F (2.2°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1989 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1948 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1987 2-Month |
29.8°F (-1.2°C) | 28.0°F (-2.2°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1959, 1969 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1987 3-Month |
34.8°F (1.6°C) | 34.0°F (1.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904, 1917 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1952 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1987 4-Month |
40.2°F (4.6°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904, 1917 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1987 5-Month |
44.8°F (7.1°C) | 44.6°F (7.0°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904 |
65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1977 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1987 6-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 48.2°F (9.0°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904 |
65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1987 7-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 50.1°F (10.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904 |
60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1923 | ||||||
May–Dec 1987 8-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 50.4°F (10.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1969 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1987 9-Month |
50.1°F (10.1°C) | 49.2°F (9.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1975, 1981, 1996, 2004 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1987 10-Month |
48.2°F (9.0°C) | 47.2°F (8.4°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
30th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1961, 1981, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1987 11-Month |
45.4°F (7.4°C) | 44.5°F (6.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 2019 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1987 12-Month |
43.0°F (6.1°C) | 42.2°F (5.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1959, 2007, 2009 | ||||||
Jul 1986–Dec 1987 18-Month |
44.4°F (6.9°C) | 44.2°F (6.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1904 |
60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1961, 1970, 1971, 1980 | ||||||
Jan 1986–Dec 1987 24-Month |
42.7°F (5.9°C) | 42.2°F (5.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1905 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 1999, 2011, 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1946, 1982 | ||||||
Jan 1985–Dec 1987 36-Month |
42.5°F (5.8°C) | 42.1°F (5.6°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1982 | 1905, 1906 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1957, 1959, 1979, 1989 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1987 48-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 42.2°F (5.7°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1907 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1976, 1983 | ||||||
Jan 1983–Dec 1987 60-Month |
43.0°F (6.1°C) | 42.2°F (5.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1907 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2013, 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1957, 1985, 1992 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/