Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1898 1-Month |
16.8°F (-8.4°C) | 22.7°F (-5.2°C) |
-5.9°F (-3.2°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1983 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1898 2-Month |
23.8°F (-4.6°C) | 29.2°F (-1.6°C) |
-5.4°F (-3.0°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
| 119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2001 | ||||
| Ties: 1955 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1898 3-Month |
31.4°F (-0.3°C) | 36.6°F (2.6°C) |
-5.2°F (-2.9°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1898 4-Month |
39.6°F (4.2°C) | 43.2°F (6.2°C) |
-3.6°F (-2.0°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
| 121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1898 5-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 48.8°F (9.3°C) |
-2.8°F (-1.5°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
| 121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1898 6-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
-2.5°F (-1.4°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
| 118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1898 7-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1985 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1898 8-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1972, 1989 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1898 9-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
-1.7°F (-1.0°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1976 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1898 10-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1951 |
| 111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1945, 1960, 1976, 1989 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1898 11-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
| 105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1902, 1907, 1916, 1945, 1969 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1898 12-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1917 |
| 90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1915, 1961, 1965, 2009, 2013 | ||||||
|
Jul 1897–Dec 1898 18-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1951 |
| 86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1968, 1994, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jan 1897–Dec 1898 24-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1951 |
| 103rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1962, 1966, 1980, 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan 1896–Dec 1898 36-Month |
46.9°F (8.3°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1952 |
| 98th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1950, 1963, 1968, 1970, 2010 | ||||||
|
Jan 1895–Dec 1898 48-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1905 |
| 107th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1934 | ||||
| Ties: 1920, 1963, 1969, 1980, 1997 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2020, retrieved on January 21, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/