Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1998
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1998 1-Month |
35.1°F (1.7°C) | 29.4°F (-1.4°C) |
5.7°F (3.1°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1983 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1998 2-Month |
40.4°F (4.7°C) | 35.2°F (1.8°C) |
5.2°F (2.9°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1950 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1923 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1998 3-Month |
45.8°F (7.7°C) | 41.7°F (5.4°C) |
4.1°F (2.3°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1976 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1998 4-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 47.7°F (8.7°C) |
4.3°F (2.4°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1976 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1998 5-Month |
56.6°F (13.7°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1976 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 1931 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1998 6-Month |
59.7°F (15.4°C) | 56.6°F (13.7°C) |
3.1°F (1.7°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1976 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 1931 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1998 7-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 58.8°F (14.9°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 1931 | ||||
May–Dec 1998 8-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 1931 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1998 9-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 58.3°F (14.6°C) |
2.8°F (1.6°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1998 10-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 56.5°F (13.6°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1931 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1998 11-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 54.0°F (12.2°C) |
3.3°F (1.9°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2016 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1998 12-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Jul 1997–Dec 1998 18-Month |
55.6°F (13.1°C) | 53.3°F (11.8°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1904 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1999 | ||||||
Jan 1997–Dec 1998 24-Month |
53.1°F (11.7°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1904, 1979 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1991 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1955, 1988, 2005 | ||||||
Jan 1996–Dec 1998 36-Month |
52.1°F (11.2°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1905 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1993 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1953, 2014 | ||||||
Jan 1995–Dec 1998 48-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1905 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 2001, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 2016 | ||||||
Jan 1994–Dec 1998 60-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1905 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1989, 1995 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on December 6, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/